The Station Hotel in Ayr has had an arson attack.
And despite there being 13 fire engines there, the plastic cover prevented the firemen from doing their job properly.
It was a beautiful old building which had been standing empty, like a Marie Celeste...there is a YouTube video of the inside, standing as people left it.
Tables laid, the gym in the basement waiting......
It has had two owners from south east Asia (I think) who have done nothing to it. All the council did about three or four years ago was put the plastic cover over in case bits fell off. No compulsory purchase order....
It could have been an asset to the town and had recently been surveyed for an association called SAVE, which found that it wasn't in as bad condition as had been feared.
And who has been arrested? Two 13 year olds and a 17 year old.....
Not so long ago the council owned Bellisle House went up in flames...
It looks like anything worth keeping here is being destroyed one way or another.
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