Thorntoun House
Thorntoun House was a country house in the Scottish administrative division of North Ayrshire between the villages of Springside (North Ayrshire) and Crosshouse (East Ayrshire). The old country house was demolished in the late 1940s; The West Lodge , some of the agricultural outbuildings, the stables and the enclosed garden have been preserved. Many beautiful trees have been preserved in the old park and are well cared for to this day. A school for difficult-to-educate children aged 11 to 16 was built on the site in 1971. This school was closed again in 1990 and today the building is used as a nursing home .
history
In 1823, the historian George Robertson describes “Thornton” as “located halfway between Irvine and Kilmarnock : the manor or palace is a modern country house, situated on a hill of considerable height, in the middle of its old forest and younger plantings above a large one Amount of rich land ”.
In 1866, James Paterson , another historian who grew up nearby, wrote of Thorntoun: “This property west of Busbie is approximately 1.2 km². According to Wood, it has belonged to a branch line of the Montgomerie family since ancient times . "
Individual evidence
- ^ George Robertson: A Genealogical Account of the Principal Families in Ayrshire . A. Constable, Irvine 1823.
- ↑ James Paterson: History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton . Volume V. III. Chapter: Cunninghame . J. Stillie, Edinburgh 1866.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 36 ′ 48.2 " N , 4 ° 34 ′ 21.8" W.