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Caprington Castle
Castle (Medieval), Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Caprington Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval), Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 42795
Site Number NS43NW 21
NGR NS 40775 36251
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42795
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Riccarton
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
- Former County Ayrshire
NS43NW 21.00 40775 36251
(NS 4077 3623) Caprington Castle (NR) (restored)
OS 6" map (1970)
NS43NW 21.01 40958 35987 Gardener's Cottage
NS43NW 21.02 40516 36018 West Lodge
NS43NW 21.03 40645 36188 Stables
NS43NW 21.04 41018 36034 Walled Garden
NS43NW 40.00 4039 3619 Caprington Mains Farm
Caprington Castle is a battlemented mansion erected about 1820 by Sir William Cuninghame, who gave it all its present essential features, but embodying a great deal of an earlier fortress, of which original drawings exist in the possession of the owner, dated 1797. The walls of the dining room correspond with the original keep, and the original turnpike stair is still extant.
SDD List 1963.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1892
The tower which forms the SW part of Caprington Castle is said to be of 15th century date, with 17th-18th and 19th century alterations. The whole has been completely restored and modernised, losing its original character (Col. W W S Cuninghame, owner).
Visited by OS (JLD) 3 October 1962
No change to the previous report; the castle is still the private residence of the Cuninghame family.
Visited by OS (JRL) 3 July 1982.
NS43NW 21.00 40775 36251
NMRS REFERENCE
Owner: Colonel Cunninghame
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Plans: Colonel Cunninghame has drawings dated 1797 which are those published in M & R Dom Arch.
Vignette on map by William Crawford May 1778 in possesion of Colonel Cunninghame. Seen 12/5/85
Patrick Wilson
Caprington Castle (near Kilmarnock). Additions
advertisement for tenders 1829
(Edinburgh Evening Courant, April 30, 1829)
Photographed on behalf of the Buildings of Scotland series (2009).