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Culzean Castle, Pagoda
Pagoda (19th Century)
Site Name Culzean Castle, Pagoda
Classification Pagoda (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Culzean Castle Policies; Culzean Country Park
Canmore ID 40839
Site Number NS20NW 15
NGR NS 22260 09501
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40839
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Kirkoswald
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS20NW 15 22260 09501
The Pagoda [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, May 2010.
See also:
NS21SW 1.00 Culzean Castle
(NS 2226 0952) Pagoda: This structure is said to be erected on the site of an ancient place of worship of some sort.
Name Book 1856
This 18th/19th century arabesque-style ruin is situated on the summit of a wooded knoll. The structure incorporates no sign of earlier work, and nothing of possible antiquity was noted in the area.
Visited by OS (JRL) 31 May 1977
The original pagoda was built in c.1816, possibly by Robert Lugar as one of the buildings he designed for the estate and was restored, having fallen into a ruinous state, in 1998. The upper storey was originally designed as a tea house and the lower level used as an aviary. There are also suggestions that it housed monkeys at some period in its history and is said by the National Trust for Scotland to be the only stone built pagoda in Britain.
Photography was carried out in 2009 on behalf of the Buildings of Scotland series.
Visited by RCAHMS (CAJS), 2009.
