Introduction
The house and wooded grounds at Hillhouse are bounded on three sides by the A78, the railway and the extensive Hillhouse Quarry to the north.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
0131 668 8600
- History
Period
18th Century
- Features & Designations
Designations
Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: Stables, Hillhouse Estate
- Grade: C(S)
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: A late-18th-century house replacing an earlier building.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
18th Century
Survival
Extant
Electoral Ward
Dundonald and Loans
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Hillhouse', in {Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey} (Prestwick: South Ayrshire Council, 2007) [on CD-ROM] Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey
- Millar, A. H., {The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire with Historical and Descriptive Accounts} (Glasgow: Grimsay Press, 2004), pp. 90-1 The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire with Historical and Descriptive Accounts
- {Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch} (Southampton, 1854) Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch
- Captain M. J. Armstrong and Son {A New Map of Ayrshire} (1775) A New Map of Ayrshire
- William Roy {Military Survey of Scotland} (1750) Military Survey of Scotland