Basic Site Details Name: | Culzean Castle, stablecourt | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Includes main stable block, guard house, coach house, gazebo court, including old stables, gazebo and battlements, service drive, walls and chute and entrance piers at shore | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Stable | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1750 | | Build/construction | Main stable block | | 1785 | | Reconstruction | Main stable block - incorporating earlier structures | | 1807 | | Build/construction | Coach house |
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 | | Robert Adam | | B | 1785 | | Main stable block - incorporating earlier structures and with later reconstructions. Gazebo rebuilt. | | Robert McLachlan I | | A | 1807 | | Coach house | | Hugh Cairncross | | C | 1807 | | Supervised construction of coach house |
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 | p255 | | Colvin, H M | 1995 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | 3rd edition | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | | | King, David | 2001 | The Complete Works of Robert & James Adam | | | p331 | | Moss, Michael | 2002 | The Magnificent Castle of Culzean and the Kennedy Family | | Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 51829 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Copies of Marquess of Ailsa drawings (AYD 43/74) | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Information from Gardiner McLachlan | | Soane Museum | Soane Museum Collection | | |
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