Ayr County Hospital was a health facility in Holmston Road,

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History

The facility had its origins in an establishment known as the Ayr, Newton and Wallacetown Dispensary which opened in 1817 and was replaced by a hospital in Mill Street in 1844. It moved to purpose-built facilities in Holmston Road, designed by John Murdoch (1825-1907), in 1882. It joined the

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in 1948. After services transferred to the new Ayr Hospital, Ayr County Hospital closed in 1991 and was subsequently demolished.

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