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Auchinleck, Old House

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Tower House (Medieval)

Site Name Auchinleck, Old House

Classification Tower House (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Auchinleck House; Place Of Auchinleck; Old House Of Auchinleck; Auchinleck House Policies

Canmore ID 43633

Site Number NS52SW 4

NGR NS 50032 23131

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43633

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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General view from SSE
General view from SSEGeneral view of S side of main block from SWDetail of NW section window in N wallDetail of N wall window at first floor level (inside)W range detail of roll mouldings on doorwayView of N side from NWGeneral view of S side of main block from SWInterior. Detail of main vault windowView of NW section from SWMoulding detailsGeneral view from NWView of N side from NWGeneral view from SSEView of W range from SSEW range detail of mouldings on window?General view from WDetail of SW corner of W rangeDetail of S side of main blockView of W range from SSEInterior. View of main vault from NOblique aerial view of Auchinleck Old House, looking WNW.Auchinleck, Old House, NS52SW 4, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, RectoInterior. View of main vault from SDetail of N wall window at first floor level (outside)Ground planW range detail of roll mouldings on doorwayInterior. View of main vault from SAuchinleck, Old House, NS52SW 4, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, RectoView of W range from SSEView of W range from ENEView from WView of W range from NNWView of N side from NWInterior. View of main vault from NView of W range from NNWDetail of SW corner of W rangeDetail of NW section arch in S wallDetail of SW corner of W rangeInterior. View of main vault from SDetail of NW section window in N wallDetail of NW section arch in S wallGeneral view of S side of main block from SWView of W range from SSWW range detail of mouldings on window?General view from WDetail of S side of main blockOblique aerial view of Auchinleck Old House, looking NNW.General view from SSEView of W range from SSWGeneral view from NWView of N side from NWView of W range from ENEView of N side from NWGeneral view of S side of main block from SWInterior. Detail of main vault windowView of NW section from SWDetail of N wall window at first floor level (outside)Oblique aerial view of Auchinleck Old House, looking NW.Auchinleck, Old House, NS52SW 4, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, VersoAuchinleck, Old House, NS52SW 4, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, VersoView from WView of N side from NWView of NW section from WView from WInterior. View of main vault from SView of NW section from WGeneral view of S side of main block from SWGeneral view of S side of main block from SWDetail of N wall window at first floor level (inside)

Administrative Areas

  • Council East Ayrshire
  • Parish Auchinleck
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NS52SW 4 50031 23131

(NS 5003 2313) Auchinleck Old House (NR) (remains of)

OS 6" map (1967)

For successor and present Auchinleck House (NS 5072 2301) and associated buildings, see NS52SW 16.00.

The Old House or Place of Auchinleck (NSA 1845, J Chrystal) was built in the early 17th century (J Paterson 1863) as a successor to Auchinleck Castle (NS42SE 2), and was itself replaced about 1760 by the present Auchinleck House (at NS 5072 2301 - see NS52SW 16). Now ruinous, it has evidently been L-shaped on plan, with a tower in the re-entrant angle. It was surrounded by a high wall.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1892; SDD List 1963

This building, now in ruins, has walls built of roughly squared local red sandstone, standing to a height of 6.0m in places. Two barrel-vaulted apartments remain entire on the ground floor. The whole is overgrown with trees and ivy.

Visited by OS (JFC) 21 June 1954

The overgrown and decaying ruins are as described.

Visited by OS (MJF) 10 November 1980

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