Giffen House
Giffen House is a country house in the town of Dalry in Scotland administrative unit North Ayrshire .
William Patrick, Esq. from Roughwood and Woodside , a descendant of the long -established Patrick family , bought the Mid-Superiority of Giffen from the Earl of Eglinton in 1855 and also acquired the Dominum Utile for most of the barony. 1861 inherited his great-nephew, Henry Gardener Patrick , the son of John Sheddan Patrick from Trearne and Woodside , the property and had a large, pretty cottage in the Scottish Baronial style on the land of Bankhead Farm , about 3 km from the ancient Castle of Giffen build .
Giffen House and its stables were built in 1869 by architect Andrew Heiton jun. , John Murray Robertson and Thomas Arthur Heiton designed. The building was classified as a "Castle" and Historic Scotland listed it as a Category B Historic Building.
Henry Gardener Patrick died in August 1922, leaving the property to his nephew in Edinburgh . The nephew sold the 354.2 hectare property, which mainly consisted of agriculturally usable and fenced-in land, but also contained 21.8 hectares of open forest. The house consists of four public rooms, six bedrooms for the family, three dressing rooms, children's bedroom and playroom, bathroom, six bedrooms for the servants as well as a number of kitchen and utility rooms, a total of 35 rooms. The outbuildings include the stables, garages, lodges and the coach house.
Individual evidence
- ^ A Guide to Local History Terminology . Wikibooks.
- ↑ AH Millar: The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire . Grimsay Press 2000 (1885). ISBN 1-84530-019-X . Pp. 84-85.
- ↑ James Dobie: Pont's Cunninghame topographized 1604-1608 with continuations and illustrative notices. John Tweed, 1876. p. 165.
- ^ Dictionary of Scottish Architects . 2008.
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Coordinates: 55 ° 42 ′ 43.4 " N , 4 ° 38 ′ 18.8" W.