Dunlop House

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Dunlop House

Dunlop House is a castle near the Scottish town of Dunlop in the East Ayrshire council area . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. Furthermore, Dunlop House and the associated West Lodge form a category A monument ensemble.

history

Under King Malcolm III. In the 11th century the lands fell to the de Ross family , who used the fortress on Dunlop Hill . A second fortress was built on the hill in the early 14th century. The House of Ross sided with Edward Balliol in the 1330s and subsequently lost its possessions. The structures on Dunlop Hill were later no longer used and have now completely disappeared.

The House de Ross ceded parts of its lands to the Clan Dunlop , who built their first ancestral seat around 1066 on the site of today's Dunlop House. Around 1304 a new building followed, which was replaced in 1599 by the third building on the site, a tower house . Today there are no more remains of these buildings or of a described moth .

Today's Dunlop House was built for John Dunlop between 1831 and 1834 to a design by Scottish architect David Hamilton . It is considered to be one of the earliest structures in the Scottish Baronial Style . It passed to his son James and after his death was sold to various distant relatives. Since 1932 the estate has been owned by the County of Ayrshire , or today East Ayrshire.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b c Information from the Dunlop clan
  3. ↑ a b Entry on Dunlop House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 55 ° 42 ′ 42 "  N , 4 ° 30 ′ 17.1"  W.