Kingencleugh House

Helmet jewel of the Baronets Hagart-Alexander and grave slabs in the Mauchline cemetery

Kingencleugh House is a country house near the eastern part of the city Mauchline in the Scottish management unit East Ayrshire . Kingencleugh House is a Category C Historic Building.

history

The country house was built around 1765 on the site of the old Kingencleugh Castle . In 1957 it was converted into a widow's house for the Ballochmyle estate according to plans by the architect Mervyn Noad .

The helmet gem of the Baronets Hagart-Alexander von Ballochmyle , the builder and owner of the country house, is an elephant . He appears above the entrance to the country house.

Individual evidence

↑ Kingencleugh House . In: British Listed Buildings . Retrieved October 24, 2017.
^ Dane Love: Ayrshire: Discovering a County . Fort Publishing, Ayr 2003. ISBN 0-9544461-1-9 . P. 151.

Web links

Entry on Kingencleugh House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database

55.501784 -4.3708Coordinates: 55 ° 30 '6.4 " N , 4 ° 22" 14.9 " W.

[BLB-1] Kingencleugh House . In: British Listed Buildings . Retrieved October 24, 2017.

[Love151-2] Dane Love: Ayrshire: Discovering a County . Fort Publishing, Ayr 2003. ISBN 0-9544461-1-9 . P. 151.