Kirktonhall House, Main Street, West Kilbride

Tall 3 storey house backing onto main street; harled; grey

painted stone dressings; battlemented parapet has date 1807;

another datestone near street level has initials R.S. and

M.W. 1660 - Principal facade towards garden to rear; centre

projecting 2 storey porch has Gothic Palladian window on

1st floor and lower stage supported on corner columns;

lintel has inscription "Rebuilt by Frank Ritchie 1791";

long 3 window facade, ridge roof with large Victorian dormers,

plain gables; lower addition to left has bay window. Dr.

Robert Simpson, translator of Euclid, was a native of

West Kilbride, his family having lived at Kirktonhall for

some generations.