Prestwick, Orangefield House
Control Tower (20th Century), Country House (18th Century)
Site Name Prestwick, Orangefield House
Classification Control Tower (20th Century), Country House (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Monkton House; Prestwick Airport
Canmore ID 212481
Site Number NS32NE 95
NGR NS 3587 2707
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/212481
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Monkton And Prestwick
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS32NE 95 35879 27070
For previous Monkton Castle or Tower-House see NS32NE 14
Monkton House or Orangefield is noted in the Ordance Survey Name Book (ONB 1860) as ' A neat and substantially built dwelling House and three storeys high. Slated and in good repair. Attached are one storey slated out offices in good repair. Property of James Sinclair Esq.'.
Originally known as Monkton House, it was built by a Samuel Neilson, a mason for a Hugh Baillie in c.1740, who, due to financial problems rapidly sold it to a James Macrae of Blackheath (Davis 1984). James Macrae renamed the house Orangfield after William of Orange and carried out alterations in the late 18th century. The flanking wings and entrance steps were added in 1906 and in 1933 the house was converted to an hotel following the building of Prestwick Airport (NS32NE 39.00). Used by the RAF and USAAF during World War II, a control tower was built through the roof in 1943 (Strawhorn 1994). The building was demolished in February 1966 when Prestwick Airport was expanded.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2002
For previous Monkton Castle or Tower-House see NS32NE 14
For previous Monkton Castle or Tower-House see NS32NE 14
Monkton House or Orangefield is noted in the Ordance Survey Name Book (ONB 1860) as ' A neat and substantially built dwelling House and three storeys high. Slated and in good repair. Attached are one storey slated out offices in good repair. Property of James Sinclair Esq.'.
Originally known as Monkton House, it was built by a Samuel Neilson, a mason for a Hugh Baillie in c.1740, who, due to financial problems rapidly sold it to a James Macrae of Blackheath (Davis 1984). James Macrae renamed the house Orangfield after William of Orange and carried out alterations in the late 18th century. The flanking wings and entrance steps were added in 1906 and in 1933 the house was converted to an hotel following the building of Prestwick Airport (NS32NE 39.00). Used by the RAF and USAAF during World War II, a control tower was built through the roof in 1943 (Strawhorn 1994). The building was demolished in 1966 when Prestwick Airport was expanded.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2002
Photographic Survey (August 1965)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record/Ministry of Works in August 1965.
