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Giffen (also known as Giffin Castle, Giffin House)

Introduction

The mid-19th-century house is set in a block of policy woodland with sweeping drives from two directions.

History

Period

Victorian (1837-1901)

Features & Designations

Designations

  • Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building

  • Reference: Giffen Stables
  • Grade: C(S)

Features

  • House (featured building)
  • Earliest Date:
  • Latest Date:
Key Information

Type

Country Estate

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

House

Period

Victorian (1837-1901)

Survival

Part: standing remains

Electoral Ward

Dalry

References

References

  • Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Giffen', in {Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey} (Prestwick: South Ayrshire Council, 2007) [on CD-ROM]
  • {Ordnance Survey of Scotland One Inch Popular Edition} (Southampton, 1924)
  • Love, D., {Lost Ayrshire: Ayrshire's Lost Architectural Heritage} (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2005), pp. 12-3