Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Farm building
	Visitor centre

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1788	1789	Build/construction
	1972	1974	Restoration	Also conversion to visitor centre.
	1975		Won award or awards	Civic Trust Award, EAHY Award Exceptional Merit
	1978		Won award or awards	Europa Nostra Diploma of Merit (for Country Park centre and exthibition)
	1999	2000	Alterations and additions	Buildings of Scotland gives date as 2003 for remodelling.

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
	Robert Adam		B	1787	1789
	The Boys Jarvis Partnership		A	1972	1974	Restoration and conversion to visitor centre.
	William Geoffrey Jarvis		A	1972	1974	Restoration and conversion to visitor centre. Partner in charge.
	ARP Lorimer & Associates Ltd		C	1999	2000	Alterations and additions. Buildings of Scotland gives date as 2003 for remodelling by ARP Lorimer.
	Patrick James Lorimer		C	1999	2000	Remodelling? Buildings of Scotland gives date as 2003 for remodelling.

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	Culzean Country Park Joint Committee

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Allen, Nic (ed.)		Scottish Architects in Conservation			p15
	Beazley, E	1978	Culzean Park Centre: a new use for Robert Adam's Home Farm	v35, no10	Architectural Digest, December 1978
	Close, Rob and Riches, Anne	2012	The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran		New Haven and London: Yale University Press	p255-6
	Close, Robert	1992	Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide		Edinburgh: RIAS	pp169-172
	King, David	2001	The Complete Works of Robert & James Adam			pp330, 331 fig, 469
	Moss, Michael	2002	The Magnificent Castle of Culzean and the Kennedy Family		Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
	Tait, A A	1993	Robert Adam: Drawings and Imagination			p162

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	7596
	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	Drawings Collection		Archive photograph circa 1910 B63894; Copes of drawings in the J & A Carrick Collection AYD 43/114-117
	Soane Museum	Soane Museum Collection		Copies of drawings AYD 43/60