Brief Description
The designed landscape at Kerelaw is fragmented. What remains consists of pasture and mature woodland and the ruins of Kerelaw Castle, which were once incorporated into the landscape design. The site awaits further development, following the closure of the school in the early-21st century.
History
There are records of a small impaled park at Kerelaw from the mid-17th century. Woodland was a feature of the estate through the centuries. The late-18th-century mansion house was demolished in about 1970 and modern school buildings and sports pitches constructed. The school closed in 2005.
- Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: The house was demolished in about 1970.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Ruin
- Description: The ruins of Kerelaw Castle.
- Authorities
Electoral Ward
- Stevenston North
- Contact
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Kerelaw', in {Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey} (Prestwick: South Ayrshire Council, 2007) [on CD-ROM]Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey
- Sinclair, J. (ed), {[Old] Statistical Account of Scotland} ([n.p.]: [n.pub.], 1971-9), Vol. 7, pp. 1-41[Old] Statistical Account of Scotland 1791-1799
- Gordon, J. (ed), {The New Statistical Account of Scotland} ([n.p.]: [n.pub.], 1845), Vol. V, pp. 426-74The New Statistical Account of Scotland
- Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch (Southampton, 1854)Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch
- William Roy {Military Survey of Scotland} (1750)Military Survey of Scotland
- Joan Blaeu {Atlas Novus - South Carrick/North Carrick/Kyle/Cunninghame} (Amsterdam, 1654)Atlas Novus - South Carrick/North Carrick/Kyle/Cunninghame
- Coventry, M {The Castles of Scotland} (Edinburgh: Goblinhead, 1997)The Castles of Scotland
- Love, D., {Lost Ayrshire: Ayrshire's Lost Architectural Heritage} (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2005), pp. 44-5Lost Ayrshire: Ayrshire's Lost Architectural Heritage