Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	House

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	Halketburn Road

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1903		Build/construction	Date given by 'Buildings of Scotland'
	1905		Design exhibited
	1950s		Alteration/conversion	Conversion to conference centre
	2007	2008	Proposed	Conversion to 5 flats

People

Design and Construction

The 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
	Henry Edward Clifford			1904
	Robertson Design Practice		B	2007	2008	Plans for conversion to flats

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	Blyth, Robert	Lived in the house from February 1906 until his death in 1917 and two of his daughters continued to live there until it was sold in March 1921. The house was later owned by the Cockburn family and by the Salvation Army (as a conference centre) from the 1950s to about 2005. It is now in private hands.

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Academy Architecture	1905		part 1		p100
	Close, Rob and Riches, Anne	2012	The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran		New Haven and London: Yale University Press	p613
	Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts	1905				486

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Ayrshire Council	Ayrshire County Council Building Byelaws Committee Minutes		4.8.1904 (house) and 1.12.1904 (stable etc.), Ayrshire Archives CO3/12/4/4 (information courtesy of Rob Close).
	Courtesy of Mary Blyth, great granddaughter of the first owner	Information sent via DSA website		Sent August 2009, including links to North Ayrshire Council Planning documents regarding conversion to flats (e.g. http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/ChiefExec/CommRA07.nsf/e9ee67f48fbb9003802569d700533758/9e5025dc984f691d00257546005699b9?OpenDocument)
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	50040