Introduction
The designed landscape at Treesbank on the outskirts of Kilmarnock largely retains its 18th- and 19th-century structure. The site is under pressure from industrial and housing development.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
0131 668 8600
- History
Period
18th Century
- Features & Designations
Designations
Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: Stables
- Grade: C(S)
Features
- Doocot
- House (featured building)
- Description: A 17th-century house enlarged in the 1830s and rebuilt in the 1920s.
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
18th Century
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Treesbank', 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. 142-3 The 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. 115 Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
- {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
- Love, D., {Lost Ayrshire: Ayrshire's Lost Architectural Heritage} (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2005), pp. 56-7 Lost Ayrshire: Ayrshire's Lost Architectural Heritage