Basic Site Details Name: | Culzean Estate, home farm | Town, district or village: | Culzean | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Farm building | | | | Visitor centre | | |
EventsThe 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. |
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 | | 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. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Culzean Country Park Joint Committee | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 ReferencesThe 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 |
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