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Sundrum (also known as Sundrum Castle, House of Cathcart)

Introduction

Sundrum Castle is situated above a tributary of the River Ayr and is part of a larger estate. Elements of mid-18th-century planting features still influence today's landscape.

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History

Period

Tudor (1485-1603)

Features & Designations

Designations

  • Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building

  • Reference: Sundrum Mains
  • Grade: B

Features

  • House (featured building)
  • Description: The present house dates from 1792 and incorporates an earlier structure.
Key Information

Type

Country Estate

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

House

Period

Tudor (1485-1603)

Survival

Extant

Electoral Ward

Coylton and Minishant

References

References

  • Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Sundrum', in {Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey} (Prestwick: South Ayrshire Council, 2007) [on CD-ROM]
  • Millar, A. H., {The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire with Historical and Descriptive Accounts} (Glasgow: Grimsay Press, 2004), pp. 138-9
  • Close, R. (ed), {Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide} (Edinburgh: The Rutland Press, 1992), p. 42
  • Anderson, M. L., {A History of Scottish Forestry}, (London: Nelson, 1967), Vol. 1, p. 412
  • {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. 309