Architecture Notes
Event ID 834993
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Architecture Notes
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NO53SW 6.00 52145 34470
NO53SW 6.01 5192 3449 Woodhill House, Lodge
NO53SW 6.02 52156 34440 Woodhill House, Sundial
NO53SW 6.03 52127 34561 Woodhill House, Dovecot
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Architect: Sir Robert Lorimer 1907-9 additions and alterations.
(NO 5215 3446) Woodhill mansion is an old building, but its date of erection is uncertain. It was built by the Auchinleck family who were granted the estate in 1532. It is a plain building, and on a slab over the doorway of the courtyard are the initials J K - H F and the date 1700. Over the door of the inner courtyard is a stone bearing the date 1604 and the initials W A - M D. Other datestones at Woodhill - 1752, 1773, and 1704 - are from Carnoustie House. Built into the dovecot (at NO 5212 3455) is another stone bearing the Auchinleck arms and the beginning of a date 16--.
A J Warden 1882
Woodhill House is entirely modern and is dated 1908. No early structure was noted. Some of the stones mentioned by Warden are still to be seen built into the walls of the buildings. The rectangular ruined dovecot is of typical 17th - 18th century date. Its datestone lies on the ground at its base; the date is illegible.
Visited by OS (JLD) 19 May 1958.