Introduction
The estate at Lainshaw lies to the north of the River Annick on the outskirts of Stewarton and contains areas of woodland with wildlife interest despite recent development. The house has been restored and converted into flats and an associated housing development occupies part of the former policies.
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- Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: The house was renovated in 2007.
- Designations
- Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: East Gate
- Grade: C(S)
- Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: Lainshaw Mains Farm
- Grade: B
- History
History
Lainshaw has a long history and was associated with two powerful Ayrshire families, the Mongomeries and then the Cunninghames. By the mid-18th century there was a designed landscape comprising plantations and enclosures with a vista aligned on the house. A century later further belts of planting embraced the new home farm and an extended landscape. In 1954 the house was bought by the Ayrshire County Council. After a period as a nursing home, it was abandoned in 1993.
Period
- 18th Century
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Lainshaw', 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. 108-9The 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. 122Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
- Gordon, J. (ed), {The New Statistical Account of Scotland} ([n.p.]: [n.pub.], 1845), Vol. V, pp. 727-40The 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