Basic Site Details Name: | Kilkerran House | Town, district or village: | Maybole | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Dailly | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Country House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1744 | | Build/construction | Date of installation of chinmeypieces in parlour |  | 1814 | 1822 | Addition | Bowed extensions at either end of the W front |  | July 1855 | August 1855 | | Drawings dated - single-storey Classical extension by Bryce containing billiard room |  | 1873 | 1875 | | Dining room and office court |  | 12 April 1873 | 16 August 1873 | | Drawings dated for Brown & Wardrop additions |  | 13 October 1875 | | | Drawings dated for stables |
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 |  | William Adam | Architect | C | 1744 | | Two chimneypeices in parlour are probably those provided by William Adam in 1744. |  | James Gillespie Graham | Architect | F | 1814 | 1822 | Bowed extensions at either end of front |  | David Bryce | Architect | | 1855 | | Single-storey Classical extension |  | Brown & Wardrop | Architectural practice | B | 1873 | | Dining room, office court and stable block |  | Charles Reid | Architect | B | 1873 | 1875 | Dining room, office court and stable block |  | James Maitland Wardrop | Architect | B | 1873 | 1875 | Dining room, office court and stable block |  | Wardrop & Reid | Architectural practice | B | 1874(?) | 1875 | Dining room, office court and stable block |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Fergusson, Sir James Bt. | 1814-22 and 1855 |
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 | pp410-412 |  | Close, Robert | 1992 | Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS | p185 |  | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | |  | Millar, A H | 1885 | Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire | | | |  | Moss, Michael | 2002 | The Magnificent Castle of Culzean and the Kennedy Family | | Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press | p196 |  | Rowan, A J | 1975 | Kilkerran, Ayrshire, I & II | 1 and 8 May 1975 | Country Life, 1 and 8 May 1975 | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 1114 | |  | Kilkerran House | Plans at house | | Working drawings |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Copies of plans AYD 99/23-31(billiard room by Bryce and additions by Brown & Wardrop), AYD 99/35-39 ???, AYD 99/41-42 stables by Wardrop |
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