IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
High Street, IRVINE, KA12 0AX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to High Street, KA12 0AX by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (311 Images Found)
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Distance
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Irvine Mercat Cross
A closer look at the carving on top of the column, typical of its time in Scotland. The cross was relocated in front of the court building during the 2015 refurbishment of this site, but it had already been moved from an adjacent position in 1694.
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg
Taken: 12 May 2018
0.01 miles
6
Irvine's New War Memorial
A striking display of tablets beside the old Mercat Cross, in front of the newly refurbished Town House. There's another modern memorial in a quiet garden near Burns Street - see Image
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg
Taken: 12 May 2018
0.01 miles
7
The Court House, Irvine High Street
Italianate two-storey, seven-bay, T-plan courthouse with a four-stage tower on Irvine High Street. Built in 1859, it is a Category B listed building (Historic Scotland LB35414 http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB35414 ).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 25 Sep 2019
0.01 miles
8
The Old Town House, Irvine
District Court and Licensing. The building stands opposite Kirkgate.
Image: © wfmillar
Taken: 3 Jun 2014
0.02 miles
9
Irvine War Memorial
The town’s market cross-style war memorial was built in 1921 and was paid for by public subscription and erected directly outside Irvine’s Townhouse in High Street. It was moved from the road to a spot adjacent to the Townhouse in 1952 but the creation of the Portal leisure centre paved the way for the memorial to be moved back to a position close to its original location where it was rededicated in January 2018.
The memorial is in the form of a columnar shaft capped by heraldic lion sedent on a crown with a shield below. The octagonal base has inscribed bronze panels on each face naming War dead (list of names at http://www.happyhaggis.co.uk/ayrshire-irvineWW1.htm ).
The panel facing High Street is inscribed:
Tandem Bona Causa Triumphat*
To the memory of the men of Irvine who died in the Great War on the field of battle or from wounds or sickness but who all alike gave their lives for their country. This mercat cross was restored** in 1920 by public subscription in token of sorrow for their loss and of pride in their valour.
The memorial is a Category B listed building (Historic Scotland LB44668 http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB44668 ).
* Tandem Bona Causa Triumphat translates as “The good cause triumphs in the end”
** It is not clear if the shaft is truly a 'restoration' of an extant market cross reported as removed from the adjacent site in 1694, or if the reference on the plaque to 'restoration' simply refers to the style of the monument, as seems more probable.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 25 Sep 2019
0.02 miles
10
Irvine Townhouse
Fresh from its recent facelift, with the Mercat Cross and War Memorial on the pavement. To see how it looked before, see Image
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg
Taken: 12 May 2018
0.02 miles