Kelburn Castle

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Kelburn Castle

Kelburn Castle is a manor house near the Scottish town of Fairlie in the Council Area of North Ayrshire . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. The manor is isolated between Fairlie and Largs near the south bank of the Firth of Clyde .

history

The estate has been owned by the Boyle family , originally de Boyville, since the 12th century . This comes from Normandy and moved to Britain after the Battle of Hastings . A branch of the family took possession of the Ayrshire estates in 1140 and fortified structures were built on the site around 1200. In 1581 they had a tower house built there with a Z-shaped floor plan, which probably included parts of the original fortress. This was expanded in several construction phases between 1692 and 1720. The last expansion stage was completed in 1880, with the manor house in its current form. The title Earl of Glasgow has been inherited within the family since 1666 and Kelburn Castle is the ancestral home of the owner.

After Historic Scotland reminded them of the imminent need to renew the facade plaster, Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow, had parts of the facade designed by four Brazilian graffiti artists, including Os Gêmeos & Nina, for £ 20,000 . This was intended as a temporary installation until the Harl plaster had to be renewed and was permitted by the monument protection authorities. Since 2011, however, the owner has repeatedly stated that he does not want to remove the work of art.

Other structures

monument

A memorial to John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow is located in the property's extensive gardens . It was designed in 1775 by the Scottish architect Robert Adam and is listed as an individual monument in the Scottish list of monuments in category A. The original designs are archived in Sir John Soane's Museum in London . The trapezoidal building is worked with an aedicule with blind pillars and triangular gable and shows a grieving, female figure.

In the gardens there are also two sundials , one of which is classified as a Category A monument. The building, created in 1707, consists of a shaft with a square floor plan, which rises from a multi-level pedestal. A polygon sits on top of it, which finally tapers to an obelisk and ends with a wrought-iron weather vane. The gnomons are made of bronze .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on Kelburn Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ Information on Kelburn Castle
  4. ↑ BBC News: Graffiti art encouraged at castle , May 15, 2007
  5. ↑ BBC News: Kelburn Castle's graffiti to be removed , June 24, 2012
  6. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  7. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

Web links

Commons : Kelburn Castle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 55 ° 46 ′ 15 "  N , 4 ° 50 ′ 36.6"  W.