Introduction
Penkill Castle is situated on the eastern edge of the wooded Penwhapple Glen. The house was associated with the pre-Raphaelite painter and poet William Bell Scott during the latter part of the 19th century, through his friendship with the Boyd family.
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- Designations
- Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: Penkill Farm
- Grade: C(S)
- History
History
Penkill Castle's associations with the Boyd clan go back to the 14th century. An impaled park and planting are recorded by the mid-17th century and woodland planting continued through the centuries. The ruinous tower house was restored in the mid-19th century. The castle passed out of the Boyd family in the 1960s but is still privately owned.
Period
- Tudor (1485-1603)
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Penkill (Castle)', 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), pp. 183-4Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
- Anderson, M. L., {A History of Scottish Forestry}, (London: Nelson, 1967), Vol. 2, p. 66A History of Scottish Forestry
- {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. 277The Castles of Scotland
- Holloway, J. and Errington, L., {The Discovery of Scotland: The appreciation of Scottish scenery through two centuries of painting}, (Edinburgh: The National Gallery of Scotland, 1978), pp. 128-36The Discovery of Scotland: The appreciation of Scottish scenery through two centuries of painting