Brief Description
Ladyland is situated on sloping ground on the west bank of the Maich Water. The estate was noted in the mid-19th century for its fine old trees and new plantations of mixed deciduous and coniferous trees.
History
The original tower house at Ladyland was built in the 16th century. The estate had long associations with the Cochran-Patrick family. The first enclosure and planting had taken place by the mid-18th century and planting continued into the 19th. A new house was built in about 1820.
- Features
- House (featured building)
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- Latest Date:
- History
Period
- 18th Century
- Contact
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Ladyland', in {Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey} (Prestwick: South Ayrshire Council, 2007) [on CD-ROM]Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey
- Close, R. (ed), {Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide} (Edinburgh: The Rutland Press, 1992), p. 94Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
- Gordon, J. (ed), {The New Statistical Account of Scotland} ([n.p.]: [n.pub.], 1845), Vol. V, pp. 689-727The New Statistical Account of Scotland
- {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
- 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: Goblinshead, 1997), p. 233The Castles of Scotland
- Love, D., {Lost Ayrshire: Ayrshire's Lost Architectural Heritage} (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2005), pp. 14-5Lost Ayrshire: Ayrshire's Lost Architectural Heritage