Brief Description
The small 18th-century designed landscape at Orangefield was associated with a mansion which replaced the earlier Monkton House. The house and the landscape have since been obliterated by the runway of Prestwick International Airport, although one or two trees may survive.
History
By the late-18th century the grounds were reported to be in a state of neglect. The house became the control tower for the airport but was demolished in the 1960s when the airport expanded.
- History
Period
- 18th Century
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Orangefield', in {Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey} (Prestwick: South Ayrshire Council, 2007) [on CD-ROM]Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey
- Heron, W., {Observations Made in a Journey through the Western Counties of Scotland} (Perth: [n.pub.], 1793), p. 335Observations made in a journey through the Western Counties of Scotland in the Autumn of 1792
- {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
- Love, D., {Lost Ayrshire: Ayrshire's Lost Architectural Heritage} (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2005), pp. 52-4Lost Ayrshire: Ayrshire's Lost Architectural Heritage