The structure, which served as the meeting place of Prestwick Burgh Council, is a Category B listed building.

The tower was fenestrated with a lancet window on the first floor and featured a clock face in the stage above which was surmounted by a spire.

[8] It continued in that use until the burgh council established the municipal buildings in Links Road in the late 1930s.

[1][11] After the steeple was found to be structurally unsound, it was removed in 2011:[12] a firm of consultants advised that it should be rebuilt using new masonry and that the original stone should be used as template.

[13] Although residents lobbied for it to be restored South Ayrshire Council failed to attract support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, or any other charitable source, to carry out the necessary works.