Monkcastle House
Monkcastle House is a country house near the ruins of the old Monkcastle between Kilwinning and Dalry on the highway A737 in the Scottish administration unit North Ayrshire . Converted from an old farm to a country house in the 19th century, Historic Scotland has listed it as a Category B Historic Building.
history
Alexander William Miller had the Monkcastle House, which is still preserved today, around 1820, according to other sources built around 1838, probably according to plans by David Hamilton . In architectural style it is similar to Swindridgemuir .
John Campbell Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott , married Kathleen Maude Eginton Grant in 1949 , the only daughter and heir to Charles Edward Grant of Monkcastle .
Today Monkcastle House is the private residence of Sir Charles Stuart-Menteth, 7th Baronet of Closeburn and Mansefield .
description
Monkcastle House is a Georgian country house with a rectangular floor plan. It has two full floors and a basement . It is made of ashlar . The front facade is divided into three parts: the two outer yokes protrude, while the three middle yokes are slightly set back.
The entrance can be reached via a stone staircase, is surrounded by painted stucco and has two pillars. At the edge of the roof the house has a cornice supported by consoles and a towering parapet . The attic with attic is probably of a later date.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ James Paterson: History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton. V. - II - Cunninghame . J. Stillie, Edinburgh 1863-1866. P. 510.
- ^ Robert Close: Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide . Royal Incorporation of Architecture in Scotland, 1992. ISBN 1-84158-267-0 . P. 89.
- ↑ Monk Castle . In: Gazetteer for Scotland . Retrieved November 24, 2017.
- ↑ Viscounts of Arbuthnott . Cracroft's Peerage. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 40 ′ 59.9 " N , 4 ° 42 ′ 56.9" W.