Basic Site Details Name: | Culzean Castle, Swan Pond complex | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Includes Swan Pond, retaining walls, boat steps, bridge, swan cottage and aviary and geese house | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Garden | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1790 | | Build/construction | Swan Pond | | c. 1816 | | Build/construction | Swan Cottage and refurbishment of Swan Pond | | 1820 | | Build/construction | Aviary |
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 | | Thomas White | | A | 1790 | | Swan pond | | Thomas White junior | | A | 1790 | | Swan Pond | | Thomas White | | B | 1816 | | Refurbishment of Swan Pond | | Thomas White junior | | B | 1816 | | Refurbishment of Swan Pond | | Robert Lugar | | C | c. 1816 | | Swan Pond Bridge (attribution), Swan Cottage | | Robert Lugar | | D | 1820 | | Aviary |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, H M | 1995 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | 3rd edition | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Historic Scotland | | An inventory of gardens and designed landscapes in Scotland | | | | | Lugar, Robert | 1811 | Plans and Views of Buildings Executed in England and Scotland in the Castellated and Other Styles | | | p29, pl XXI. Also plate XXXI | | Moss, Michael | 2002 | The Magnificent Castle of Culzean and the Kennedy Family | | Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press | p116-118 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 7605 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Copies of Marquess of Ailsa drawings: Geese House AYD43/136 Boat Steps 1901 AYD 43/140 Cottage & Aviary AYD 43/108 Channel for Pond 1800 AYD 43/84 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Ian G Lindsay Collection | IGL W343/4/11 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Photographic Archive | AY 1397/29; AY 4286 | Swan cottage and Swan Pond Group with Pagoda 1885. |
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