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Stair

Pgds 20111121 195515 Stair House

Introduction

Little remains of the designed landscape on the Stair estate save a few small clumps and Stair Wood.

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Features & Designations

Features

  • Tree Clump
Key Information

Type

Country Estate

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

House

Survival

Part: standing remains

Electoral Ward

Drongan, Stair and Rankinston

References

References

  • Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Stair', in {Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey} (Prestwick: South Ayrshire Council, 2007) [on CD-ROM]
  • Close, R. (ed), {Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide} (Edinburgh: The Rutland Press, 1992), pp. 142
  • {Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch} (Southampton, 1854)
  • Captain M. J. Armstrong and Son {A New Map of Ayrshire} (1775)
  • William Roy {Military Survey of Scotland} (1750)
  • Joan Blaeu {Atlas Novus - South Carrick/North Carrick/Kyle/Cunninghame} (Amsterdam, 1654)
  • Coventry, M., {The Castles of Scotland} (Edinburgh: Goblinshead, 1997), p. 304