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Culzean Castle, Camellia House
Glasshouse (19th Century)
Site Name Culzean Castle, Camellia House
Classification Glasshouse (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Orangery; Gardens; Culzean Castle Policies; Culzean Country Park
Canmore ID 89842
Site Number NS21SW 1.01
NGR NS 23237 10020
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/89842
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Kirkoswald
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS21SW 1.01 23237 10020
The boiler house of the Camellia House was cleared of debris and recorded as a prelude to the restoration of the building. Built around 1818, the building appears initially to have been heated using a warm air system incorporating a hypocaust under the stone-slabbed floor. In the late 19th or early 20th century, this gave way to a steam heating system using cast-iron piping. The boiler house and furnace of the secondary system were cleared with the aid of NTS Conservation Volunteers and the Rangers staff, and some attempt was made to understand the sequence of floors and sheds which must once have existed. It is intended to display the boiler area to the public, including interpretive boards based on the evidence revealed during the clearing exercise.
Sponsor: NTS.
R Turner 1994k.
Originally built as an Orangery by James Donaldson in 1818, later housing camellias then thought to need protection from the weather.
Photographed in 2009 on behalf of the Buildings of Scotland publications.
RCAHMS (CAJS) 2009.
Photographic Survey (April 1959)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in April 1959.
