Burns Monument, Kilmarnock

[2] In October, a design by local architect Robert S Ingram was accepted by the committee, and he began the preparation of drawings.

In December, a design competition for the statue attracted 21 entries, and William Grant Stevenson of Edinburgh was judged the winner.

[1] The design of the monument has been described as "an eclectic fusion of Scots Baronial, neo-Gothic and Italianate, with a dash of Baroque and a hint of Romanesque.

"[citation needed] The original building comprised a two-storey T-plan museum, topped by an 80 feet (24 m) high octagonal tower and spire, with the life-size white marble statue of Burns by Stevenson in a porch at the front.

[5] The extension, designed by East Ayrshire Council architects,[6] envelopes the remaining staircase and portico, which houses the statue of Robert Burns, and provides a courtyard setting with the statue of Burns and the remaining section of the original monument as a focal point to the northern elevation of the courtyard.