Civic Centre, Glasgow Street 2 21
September 2002
TThe old part of the Civic Centre was built by Duncan Graham from the north
of Scotland and was known as Graham's Castle. During the census of 1841, it
was occupied by Charlotte Hall, a thirty-five year old woman of independent
means, Elizabeth Hall aged ten years, Jane Hall aged nine years, Emily Hall
aged four years and Charles Hall aged eighteen months. From 1893, it was owned
by Archibald Russell and his heirs. In 1920, it was bought by the Ardrossan
Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company Limited who refurbished it as Castlecraigs
Recreation Club which opened on 26 February 1921. In 1927, the Masons bought
the building and let out the ancillary rooms and tennis courts. During the second
world war between 1939 and 1945, the Navy requisitioned Castlecraigs as a barracks.
It was subsequently managed by Ardrossan Town Council and known as the Town
Hall. In the 1970s, North Ayrshire Council took over the building and called
it the Civic Centre. Between
February and April 2006, external restoration work was carried out. In July
2007, the building was closed for internal refurbishment and reopened in early
2008. If you can provide more details of the history of the building or more
accurate dates, please contact WebsiteAuthor@ArdrossanPhotographs.net.
Click here to read a report
on the opening of the Castlecraigs Recreation Club.
The Civic Centre is also featured in Christmas
Crib and Provost's Lampost.