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Blair

Introduction

The designed landscape of the Blair estate is essentially intact and complete. The estate is predominantly wooded and the grounds include an informal woodland garden planted around a stream and an early-20th-century formal layout known as the yew garden. The house currently operates as an exclusive-use venue.

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Telephone

01294 833100

Website

https://www.blairestate.com

Owners

The Borwick family

Other Websites

Features & Designations

Designations

  • Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building

  • Reference: Forester's Cottage
  • Grade: C(S)

  • Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building

  • Reference: Garden Walls
  • Grade: B

  • Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building

  • Reference: North Bridge over Bombo Burn
  • Grade: C(S)

  • Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building

  • Reference: North Lodge and Gatepiers
  • Grade: C(S)

  • Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building

  • Reference: Smithy
  • Grade: C(S)

  • Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building

  • Reference: South Lodge
  • Grade: C(S)

  • Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building

  • Reference: Stables
  • Grade: B
Key Information

Type

Country Estate

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

House

Survival

Extant

Open to the public

Yes

References

References

  • Historic Scotland, 'Blair Estate', {Gardens and Designed Landscapes}, [accessed 9 April 2008]
  • Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Blair', in {Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey} (Prestwick: South Ayrshire Council, 2007) [on CD-ROM]
  • Millar, A. H., {The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire with Historical and Descriptive Accounts} (Glasgow: Grimsay Press, 2004), pp. 36-7
  • Close, R. (ed), {Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide} (Edinburgh: The Rutland Press, 1992), p. 89
  • Gordon, J. (ed), {The New Statistical Account of Scotland} ([n.p.]: [n.pub.], 1845), Vol. V, pp. 210-42
  • {Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch} (Southampton, 1854)
  • Captain M. J. Armstrong and Son {A New Map of Ayrshire} (1775)
  • William Roy {Military Survey of Scotland} (1750)
  • Joan Blaeu {Atlas Novus - South Carrick/North Carrick/Kyle/Cunninghame} (Amsterdam, 1654)
  • Coventry, M., {The Castles of Scotland} (Edinburgh: Goblinshead, 1997), p. 82