Introduction
The designed landscape at Belleisle dates from the late-18th and early-19th centuries. Part of it, including the walled garden, is now a public park and part is a golf course created in the early-20th century by James Braid. The house is currently a hotel.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
0131 668 8600Access contact details
The park is a municipal site for general public use. The house is now a hotel.
Directions
Belleisle Park is situated at the south end of the town of Ayr between the A719 and the B7024
Owners
South Ayrshire Council
Council Headquarters County Buildings Wellington Square Ayr, KA7 1DR
- History
Period
- 18th Century
- Late 18th Century
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: Greenhouse
- Grade: B
Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: Walled Garden
- Grade: B
Features
- Hotel (featured building)
- Description: The house was built in the late-18th century and remodelled by William Burn in 1830.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Public Park
Principal Building
Hotel
Period
Late 18th Century
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
Electoral Ward
Ayr Doonfoot and Seafield
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Belleisle', in {Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey} (Prestwick: South Ayrshire Council, 2007) [on CD-ROM]
- {Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch} (Southampton, 1854)
- Captain M. J. Armstrong and Son {A New Map of Ayrshire} (1775)
- Peter McGowan Associates with Ironside Farrar {Belleisle Park Conservation Management Plan} (2012)
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