Introduction
Knock Castle is situated on the west coast of Ayrshire with views over the Firth of Clyde. The designed landscape includes parkland and a walled garden.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
0131 668 8600
- Features & Designations
Designations
Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: Knock Castle and Garden Pavilion block and Gatepiers to east
- Grade: A
Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: Knock Old Castle
- Grade: B
Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: North Lodge and Gatepiers
- Grade: C(S)
Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: Stable Block and Gatepiers
- Grade: C(S)
Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: Walled Garden and Glasshouses
- Grade: B
Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: West Lodge and Gatepiers
- Grade: B
Features
- Gazebo
- Description: Turreted gazebo in the wall of the walled garden.
- House (featured building)
- Description: The ruined castle was replaced by a new house in the early-1850s.
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- Key Information
Type
Country Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
House
Survival
Extant
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Knock Castle', 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. 104-5 The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire with Historical and Descriptive Accounts
- Close, R. (ed), {Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide} (Edinburgh: The Rutland Press, 1992), p. 86 Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
- {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
- Joan Blaeu {Atlas Novus - South Carrick/North Carrick/Kyle/Cunninghame} (Amsterdam, 1654) Atlas Novus - South Carrick/North Carrick/Kyle/Cunninghame
- Search within Canmore: http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/search/?keyword=Knock%20Castle&submit=search Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scoland (RCAHMS) website