The Station Hotel is a grand Victorian building, attached the railway station in Ayr town centre. The hotel has retained almost all of its original features inside and out.
Visited February 2018 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Abandoned
The Station Hotel is a grand Victorian building situated in the heart of Ayr town centre. The hotel consists of 71 bedrooms, complete with en-suite bathrooms, plus a host of suits for functions and a cocktail lounge.
The hotel, which is attached to Ayr railway station, was originally opened by the Glasgow and South Western Railway in June 1866 and become part of the British Transport Hotels (BTH) at Nationalisation. It was sold by BTH in October 1951 and has changed ownership a number of times, having been owned by Stakis Hotels, Quality, and Swallow Hotels.
The Station Hotel is currently the oldest and most famous hotel in Ayr. The hotel has retained almost all of its original features inside and out. The hotel started to turn away customers in 2014 and closed around 2015. After suffering neglect for some time beforehand, the building is now deteriorating; the railway station have had to take action to safeguard their customers from falling debris.
Station Hotel, Ayr – The car park is fenced off due to parts of the exterior falling offStation Hotel, Ayr – Entrance HallStation Hotel, Ayr – ReceptionStation Hotel, Ayr – ReceptionStation Hotel, Ayr – Lift and staircase on the first floorStation Hotel, Ayr – Cocktail lounge and corridorStation Hotel, Ayr – The comfortable cocktail loungeStation Hotel, Ayr – Bar in the cocktail loungeStation Hotel, Ayr – The cocktail loungeStation Hotel, Ayr – The corridor leading to the next parts was suffering decay due to leaks in the roofStation Hotel, Ayr – The Arran Suite was used for functions and eventsStation Hotel, Ayr – Another view of the Arran SuiteStation Hotel, Ayr – Next we head into the hotel’s restaurantStation Hotel, Ayr – The restaurantStation Hotel, Ayr – The restaurantStation Hotel, Ayr – KitchenStation Hotel, Ayr – KitchenStation Hotel, Ayr – The Kyle Suite bar areaStation Hotel, Ayr – The Carrick Room was a space for meetings and corporate eventsStation Hotel, Ayr – The Kintyre Suite was suitable for wedding receptions. The room had been modernised and now suffers extensive water ingress.Station Hotel, Ayr – The Kyle Suite bar areaStation Hotel, Ayr – The Kintyre Suite was suitable for wedding receptions. The room had been modernised and now suffers extensive water ingress.Station Hotel, Ayr – Heading upstairs into the hotel roomsStation Hotel, Ayr – One of the 71 hotel roomsStation Hotel, Ayr – Hotel roomStation Hotel, Ayr – Hotel roomStation Hotel, Ayr – Rear of the hotel (viewed through a dirty window)
Such a shame to see this Grand Old Dame reduced to this. I use the station every day and shudder at the delapidation of the outside. Hopefully now that South Ayrshire Council have slapped a dangerous building order on it the owner may take some action, even if it is given to a developer for £1 something may survive.
No confidence that SAC will do anything meaningful to save this beautiful old building. It will be allowed to die like the rest of the town centre during their watch.
SAC and Network Rail are making the building out to be in a worse condition than it is. It can and should be saved. The council has a pot of £11 million to build new offices. The building should be converted with one wing used for council offices including business gateway/enterprise, the other wing should be converted to offer serviced offices for businesses to come to/stay in Ayr. The building in the middle should be a hub with meeting rooms, conference centre and hospitality facilities.
I worked there 47 years ago it was a magnificent hotel and always very busy, now it is a total eyesore and time to take it down and build a new gateway to Ayr and hopefully let the town thrive again.
Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Abandoned 
What a waste of a beautiful hotel, well done to you for capturing those pics, dangerous but wow
Such a shame to see this Grand Old Dame reduced to this. I use the station every day and shudder at the delapidation of the outside. Hopefully now that South Ayrshire Council have slapped a dangerous building order on it the owner may take some action, even if it is given to a developer for £1 something may survive.
needs saving if posible but this is causing no traint to girvan
No confidence that SAC will do anything meaningful to save this beautiful old building. It will be allowed to die like the rest of the town centre during their watch.
SAC and Network Rail are making the building out to be in a worse condition than it is. It can and should be saved. The council has a pot of £11 million to build new offices. The building should be converted with one wing used for council offices including business gateway/enterprise, the other wing should be converted to offer serviced offices for businesses to come to/stay in Ayr. The building in the middle should be a hub with meeting rooms, conference centre and hospitality facilities.
So sad. We used to do kickboxing classes in the hall used for wedding receptions back when I was a teenager
So many memories. My gran spent the last two years of her life there. Leo,the manager, looked after her so well.
Interior of the Kintyre Suite so changed since I had my wedding reception here with over 200 guests in 1970. Recent events so sad.
Past it’s sell by date stop wasting public money
I worked there 47 years ago it was a magnificent hotel and always very busy, now it is a total eyesore and time to take it down and build a new gateway to Ayr and hopefully let the town thrive again.