Basic Site Details Name: | Kilkerran House | Town, district or village: | Maybole | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Dailly | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Country House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1744 | | Build/construction | Date of installation of chinmeypieces in parlour | | 1814 | 1822 | Addition | Bowed extensions at either end of the W front | | July 1855 | August 1855 | | Drawings dated - single-storey Classical extension by Bryce containing billiard room | | 1873 | 1875 | | Dining room and office court | | 12 April 1873 | 16 August 1873 | | Drawings dated for Brown & Wardrop additions | | 13 October 1875 | | | Drawings dated for stables |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | William Adam | | C | 1744 | | Two chimneypeices in parlour are probably those provided by William Adam in 1744. | | James Gillespie Graham | | F | 1814 | 1822 | Bowed extensions at either end of front | | David Bryce | | | 1855 | | Single-storey Classical extension | | Brown & Wardrop | | B | 1873 | | Dining room, office court and stable block | | Charles Reid | | B | 1873 | 1875 | Dining room, office court and stable block | | James Maitland Wardrop | | B | 1873 | 1875 | Dining room, office court and stable block | | Wardrop & Reid | | B | 1874(?) | 1875 | Dining room, office court and stable block |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Fergusson, Sir James Bt. | 1814-22 and 1855 |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | pp410-412 | | Close, Robert | 1992 | Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS | p185 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Millar, A H | 1885 | Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire | | | | | Moss, Michael | 2002 | The Magnificent Castle of Culzean and the Kennedy Family | | Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press | p196 | | Rowan, A J | 1975 | Kilkerran, Ayrshire, I & II | 1 and 8 May 1975 | Country Life, 1 and 8 May 1975 | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 1114 | | | Kilkerran House | Plans at house | | Working drawings | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Copies of plans AYD 99/23-31(billiard room by Bryce and additions by Brown & Wardrop), AYD 99/35-39 ???, AYD 99/41-42 stables by Wardrop |
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