Basic Site Details Name: | Culzean Castle | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Kirkoswald | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Correspondence in Ailsa muniments shows that Charles Reid, rather than James Maitland Wardrop, was responsible. Cost: £18,500; Wardrop & Reid's fee: £900. The plasterers for the Adam revival work were Jackson & Sons of London. | 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 |  | | | Won award or awards | Boys Jarvis was a finallist in the Times/RICS Conservation Award in 1974 for Culzean Country Park Centre and Exhibition. |  | 1700s | | Addition | Landscape work |  | 1776 | 1792 | Build/construction | Colvin gives 1777-1792 |  | 1800s | | Addition | Improvements to landscape copntonued right up to WWI |  | 1818 | | Plans dated | Survey plan |  | 1877 | 1880 | Addition | New nursery wing and interior remodelling - Reid responsible |  | 1946 | | | Restoration begun |  | 1950s | | | |  | 23 April 1954 * | | Restoration | £1,500 scheme of redecoration |  | Before 1975 | | Restoration | Stone restoration |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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 |  | James Adam | Architect | H | 1755 | | Was approached for commission to design a villa - scheme not carried out. |  | William Chambers (Sir) | Architect | D | 1759 | | Drew up plans for a banqueting house - not realised |  | Hugh Cairncross | Architect | G | 1772 | 1786 | Assisted Adam as clerk of works - and supervised the construction of the oval staircase and round drawing room |  | Robert Adam | Architect | T | 1776 | 1792 | Colvin gives 1777-1792 |  | Thomas White | | J | Mid 1700s | | Landscaping |  | James Donaldson | Architect | T | 1818 | | Survey plan, dated 1818. |  | Charles Reid | Architect | A | 1877 | 1880 | New nursery wing and interior remodelling - Reid responsible |  | Wardrop & Reid | Architectural practice | A | 1877 | 1880 | New nursery wing and interior remodelling - Reid responsible |  | Thomas White junior | Landscape architect | K | 1900s | | Enhancement of landscape - right up to WWI |  | Neil & Hurd | Architectural practice | B | 1946 | | Restoration begun |  | Robert Philip Andrew Hurd | Architect | B | 1946 | | Restoration begun |  | Walter Schomberg Hepburne Scott | Architect | | 1950s | | Restoration continued |  | John Philip Boys | | F | Before 1975 | | Stone restoration |  | The Boys Jarvis Partnership | | F | Before 1975 | | Stone restoration |  | William Geoffrey Jarvis | Architect | F | Before 1975 | | Stone restoration |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Kennedy, Sir Thomas, 10th earl of Cassillis | Client for commission to James Adam |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresThis structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details): | | Building Name | Notes |  | Culzean Castle, walled garden | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Adam, R & J | 1931 | The Works in Architecture of Robert & James Adam | | | |  | Bolton, A T | 1922 | The Architecture of Robert and James Adam 1758-1794 | | | pp263-77 |  | Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p245-254 |  | Close, Robert | 1992 | Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS | p171 |  | Close, Robert | 1992 | Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS | pp169-172 |  | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | |  | Fleming, J | 1968 | 'Robert Adam's Castle Style' | 143 | Country Life, 23 May 1968, pp1356-1369 | p1356-1359. Also May 30 pp1443-1447 |  | Gow, Ian | | Reinventing Culzean | 160 | Appollo, November 2004, | |  | Historic Scotland | | An inventory of gardens and designed landscapes in Scotland | | | |  | King, David | 2001 | The Complete Works of Robert & James Adam | | | |  | Moss, Michael | 2002 | The Magnificent Castle of Culzean and the Kennedy Family | | Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press | |  | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | |  | RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | | | |  | Rowan, Alistair | 1985 | Designs for Castles and Country Villas | | | |  | Rykwert, J & A | 1985 | The Brothers Adam: The Men and The Style | | | |  | Stormonth-Darling, J and Prentice, R | 1985 | Culzean: the Continuing Challenge: the Story of the Restoration and Preservation of Culzean Castle and Country Park sinc | | | |  | Tait, A A | 1993 | Robert Adam: Drawings and Imagination | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Builder | 23 April 1954 | | | p709 |  | Country Life | 4 September 1915 | | | Issue dtaed 4-11 September 1952 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | British Library | King's Maps | XXVII, 29 (3) | In portfolio with Survey Plan of Culzean. |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 7595 | |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Copies of Marquess of Ailsa drawings. Wardrop & Reid drawings. |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | RIAS Collection | | 12 watercolours from the Hurd Rolland Collection |
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