Kilkerran House

Kilkerran House
Looking towards Kilkerran House
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General information
TypeHouse
Locationnear Maybole
Town or cityAyrshire
CountryScotland
Coordinates55°17′32″N 4°40′18″W / 55.29222°N 4.67167°W / 55.29222; -4.67167
Completedc. 1700
Technical details
Structural systemBrick, stone
Listed Building – Category A
Reference no.LB1114
Reference no.GDL00238

Kilkerran House is an 18th-century private house near Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland. It is a category A listed building[1] set within grounds included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.[2] The name Kilkerran relates Campbeltown Loch, originally referred to as 'Kinlochkilkerran' (an anglicization of the Gaelic, which means "head of the loch by the kirk(Chille) of Ciarán").

  1. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kilkerran House (Category A Listed Building) (LB1114)". Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kilkerran (GDL00238)". Retrieved 12 April 2019.