Caprington Castle is a Grade A listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Mansion.

Caprington Castle

WRENN ID: unlit-ashlar-spindle
Grade: A
Local Planning Authority: East Ayrshire
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 14 April 1971
Type: Mansion
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Battlemented mansion erected circa 1820 by Sir William

Cuninghame, 4th Baronet, who gave it all its present

essential features but embodying a great deal of an

earlier fortress of which original drawings exist in

the possession of the owner dated 1797 - Principal

facade dominated by 4 storey splayed centre tower with

machicolations and parapet; sash windows, square

headed drip moulds; square corner turrets; porte-

cochere; stands on raised terrace with round corner

bastions - internal hall and staircase has groined

plaster ceiling and other Gothic decoration - walls of

dining room correspond with the "Keep" and original

turnpike stair is still extant

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