Basic Site Details Name: | Kildonan Mansion House; also garage, stables and two Houses | Town, district or village: | Barrhill | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll, 1924.
Crittall steel window frames used throughout. | 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 | | 1915 | 1916 | | | | 1924 | | | Garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll. |
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 Miller | | | 1915 | 1916 | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Wallace, D Euan, Captain | |
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 | p407-9 | | Davis, Michael C | 1991 | The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire | | Ardrishaig, Argyll: privately published | pp294-296 | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1925 | | | | 183 & 187 | | RSA | 1915 | | | | 559 | | RSA | 1924 | | | | 557, 564 | | Tooley, Michael and Arnander, Primrose | 1995 | Gertrude Jekyll: Essays on the Life of a Working Amateur | | Witton-le-Wear: Michaelmass Books | p204 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architectural Review | 1928 | 64 (Jul-Dec) | | pp246-247 | | Architectural Review | April 1928 | | | pp124-127 | | Builder | 25 June 1915 | CVIII | | p446. Illustration. | | Builder | 15 June 1922 | CXXII | | | | Builder | 15 June 1923 | CXXIV | | pp866, 868, 970 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 1052 | | | RIAS Collection, NMRS, RCAHMS | James Miller, Son & Manson Drawings Collection | | 49 drawings |
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