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December Update
SAVEBritainsHeritage have published a press release: Scottish MSPs call for halt to potential Ayr Station Hotel demolition, which can be...
Esther Clark
Dec 4, 20232 min read
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November Update
Ed Morton offered to do an updated report immediately after the fires in early October. It was four weeks before he was allowed to come...
Esther Clark
Nov 18, 20236 min read
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September/October Update
September The long awaited Ed Morton report and Thornton-Firkin LLP Chartered Surveyors Priced Condition Survey have been published....
Esther Clark
Oct 8, 20237 min read
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August Update: World Expert Surveys Ayr Station Hotel
A world leading Structural Engineer has surveyed Ayr Station Hotel, commissioned by SAVE Britain's Heritage in a campaign to save the...
Esther Clark
Aug 28, 20231 min read
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May News
In April Ayr Development Trust (ADT) tried to hold its AGM. The attached presentation (download below) was prepared for that. The...
Esther Clark
May 12, 20231 min read
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March News
We are still talking about making all the necessary arrangements for Ayr Development Trust (ADT) to take on applying for ownership of the...
Esther Clark
Mar 15, 20231 min read
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February Newsletter
I wrote in December to Siobhian Brown MSP and she wrote and got a reply from the relevant Minister in Holyrood. I was asking about the...
Esther Clark
Mar 13, 20232 min read
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January News
The full council met in December and is applying for a demolition order on the south wing, which is the nicest part of the hotel. A small...
Esther Clark
Jan 25, 20232 min read
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November News
We are still waiting to find out what is going to happen to Ayr Station Hotel and its station. The sensible outcome would be following...
Esther Clark
Oct 28, 20221 min read
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October Update
Press Release of September 28th Meeting in Ayr Town Hall: A major problem is the dereliction of duty to its passengers by NR. There are...
Esther Clark
Oct 18, 20225 min read
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July Update
The latest news is that the Council plans early action and a Memorandum of Understanding is being prepared by yet another consultancy...
Esther Clark
Jul 17, 20222 min read
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2022, May Update
Sorry for the long silence since March, 2021, a sort of summary will follow:- Timeline reminder: 1. DANGEROUS BUILDING NOTICE. On 25...
Esther Clark
May 16, 20225 min read
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March Update
02/03/2021 We now have the independent review of the Ayr Station Hotel Feasibility Study by Dave Ramsay, who is an engineer with an MBA...
Esther Clark
Mar 2, 20212 min read
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February Update
Feasibility Study. The Feasibility Study on Ayr Station Hotel had contributors Atkins (Architecture, Structural Engineering, Building...
Esther Clark
Feb 18, 20213 min read
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January Update
When we started in 2018 there was no mention of any plan to refurbish the hotel or any investigation planned, only articles in the...
Esther Clark
Jan 27, 20212 min read
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October Update
SAVE BRITAIN'S HERITAGE have thrown their support behind our campaign to get the Scottish government, the council and NetworkRail to...
Esther Clark
Oct 28, 20203 min read
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September Update
Many parts of Ayr Station Hotel retain the grandeur and elegance of a Grand Hotel. Built to the highest standards in terms of skilled...
Esther Clark
Sep 13, 20202 min read
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Memories of Ayr Station Hotel from Andrew Melvin
You must take into account, that these are the memories of a wee boy growing up in Yorkshire, but spending holidays at his father’s...
Esther Clark
Jun 5, 20206 min read
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June Update
There are very few photographs of Ayr Station Hotel on record but I have been approached as chair of Ayr Station Hotel Community Action...
Esther Clark
May 28, 20202 min read
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Update on Ayr Development Trust (ADT) MAY 2020
ADT have no website of their own yet so we are continuing to include their news with ours. ADT has a Sustainable Development Compliance...
Esther Clark
May 28, 20202 min read
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