Introduction
The designed landscape at Kirkmichael House includes a small lake, a walled garden, ornamental lawns and woodland planting. There were gardens there in the 17th century noted for their peaches and apricots.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
0131 668 8600
- Features & Designations
Designations
Historic Environment Scotland Listed Building
- Reference: Gatepiers
- Grade: B
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: The 19th-century house replaced an earlier tower house.
- Earliest Date:
- Lake
- Lawn
- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
Electoral Ward
North Carrick and Maybole East
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Kirkmichael House', 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), p. 186 Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
- Mitchell, Sir A. (ed), {Geographical Collections Relating to Scotland made by Walter Macfarlane} (Edinburgh: [n.pub.], 1907), Vol. 2, p. 11 Geographical Collections relating to Scotland made by Walter Macfarlane
- {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. 231 The Castles of Scotland