Laurieston, Tarbolton Road, Dundonald

Laurieston is an early 19th-century farmhouse, with a possible late 18th-century core, situated on Tarbolton Road, Dundonald. The main building is a two-storey, three-bay structure, to which a later 20th-century porch has been added. A three-bay single-storey wing extends to the west, featuring bipartite window openings. Beyond this lies a roughly U-shaped range of farm buildings. The construction consists of random rubble, with some black-painted margins, and remnants of white limewash on the outbuildings. The windows are predominantly timber sash and case style. The roof is covered in grey slates, and the building has gable and ridge stacks. Laurieston is a notable example of an early 19th-century farm with associated outbuildings, contributing significantly to the streetscape of Dundonald.

Laurieston is shown on John Thomson’s 1828 Map of Northern Part of Ayrshire. Records suggest alterations to a dwelling house at Laurieston took place between 1823 and 1824, indicating possible earlier origins; however, it is absent from the 1775 New Map of Ayrshire by Andrew Armstrong. The widely spaced bays of the two-storey house, with the upper-storey windows set close to the eaves, is characteristic of early 19th-century farmhouses. The 1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map from 1854-9 depicts the farm with a similar layout to the present arrangement, but with the addition of a circular horsemill on the north elevation. According to the accompanying Ordnance Survey namebooks, the farm was then described as 'A dwelling house with offices, the property of the Earl of Eglinton and occupied by Mrs Faulds.'

The farm’s layout differs somewhat from the more common U-plan found in other Ayrshire farms, where the farmhouse, barns, and byres are typically integrated into a single U-shaped arrangement.