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Blairquhan, Straiton

Description: Blairquhan

Category: A
Date Listed: 14 April 1971
Historic Scotland Building ID: 19094

OS Grid Coordinates: 236531, 605468
Latitude/Longitude: 55.3161, -4.5775

Location: Dalvennan, East Ayrshire KA19 7LZ

Locality: Straiton
County: South Ayrshire
Country: Scotland
Postcode: KA19 7LZ

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Listing Text

Present mansion built by Sir David Hunter Blair in 1842. A striking design in the Tudor Style by William Burn. Some lintels and sculptured stones from the earlier fortified building which stood on the site are incorporated in the kitchen courtyard.

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Notes:
Thomas Hannan, FAMOUS SCOTTISH HOUSES, No VIII, pp29-32

Source: Historic Scotland

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence: PSI Click-use licence number C2008002006.



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