Four bay Italianate former hospital, with 4-storey tower and 3-storey wing to N. Coursed sandstone ashlar polished to margins. V-jointed base course with channelled rustication to principal elevation, base course and V-jointed channelled rustication to ground floor of remaining elevations; architraved openings, corniced with consoles to ground floor of principal elevation; dividing band courses; eaves course; strip quoins; overhanging eaves on timber modillions.
 
South Ayrshire council will decide this month whether the former home of famous civil engineer, Sir William Arrol, should be demolished. The Italianate villa was built in the late 1880's and its design is attributed to architect William Clarke, who is also a major figure in Scottish history.
 
After Arrol died in 1913, SeafIeld House was used as a hospital. The red cross cared for soldiers of the first world war, and then it became a maternity hospital. More recently Seafield house was a paediatric unit for the NHS. It remained in use as such until 1991 when it became the Health Board's HQ (Historic Scotland).
 
After years of neglect the building suffered a fire in 2008, and now has been left without a roof. Heritage groups such as SAVE Britains Heritage, the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland and the Scottish Civic Trust have all objected to the application for demolition.
 
Update:
10 February 2015: The Daily Record reported 16 October 2014 on the sale of the property to local building developers Econstruct Design and Build, with a view to potentially convert Seafield House to flats with new build dwellings within the grounds.
 
23 April 2019: Full Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for restoration, extension and conversion of the house to form dwellings, with new build dwellings in the grounds, are being sought (19/00255/APPM & 19/00269/LBC).
 
18 November 2019: Local planners note consent for restoration and conversion (19/00255/APPM & 19/00269/LBC) to flats, with associated new build within the grounds, has been conditionally approved.
 
Planning permission was granted to convert the building into 10 flats with 20 car park spaces. And 27 four and five bedroom houses complete with garages will be built on the grounds.