Basic Site Details Name: | Newark Castle | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Plaster ceiling in drawing room by John Ramage & Son. Drawing room chimneypiece by Wallace & Whyte. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Castle | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1848 | 1849 | | | | 1907 | 1908 | | Additions for Archibald Walker, distiller |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | David Cousin | | | 1848 | 1849 | Reconstruction and large new wing | | James Miller | | | 1907 | 1908 | Additions |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Ailsa, Marquess of | Client for 1907-8 additions, for his tenant Archibald Walker | | Walker, Archibald - distiller | Tenant during 1907-8 additions, made for him by the Marquis of Ailsa |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p554-556 | | Close, Robert | 1992 | Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS | p157 | | Davis, Michael C | 1991 | The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire | | Ardrishaig, Argyll: privately published | p342 | | Moss, Michael | 2002 | The Magnificent Castle of Culzean and the Kennedy Family | | Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press | p232 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 14300 | | | RIAS Collection, NMRS, RCAHMS | James Miller, Son & Manson Drawings Collection | | 41 drawings by Miller |
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