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stunning A listed 16th Century ruined tower house with
planning and listed building consents for total restoration.
Accommodation:
Planning permission for accommodation over five floors
to include a Great Hall, library, kitchen, utility room,
WC, store room, four twin/double bedchambers with en
suite bathrooms, fifth double bedchamber with private
shower room.
Grounds: 0.303 hectare (3/4 acres or thereby)
with potential for further land by separate negotiation.
Baltersan Castle is a ruined 16th Century tower house
ruin. Currently the property is a shell consisting of
the external walls. Certain original features, notably
sections of the staircases and the original hearth and
chimney, are still in place.
The castle has planning permission and listed building
consent to be restored to a residential property with
the layout reflecting the original design of the building.
The accommodation would be spread over five floors with
the kitchen and wine cellar on the ground floor (first
level), the Great Hall on the second level and a combination
of public and sleeping accommodation on the upper three
floors.
The castle sits in a plot of 0.303 hectares (3/4 acre
or thereby). Further land is potentially available by
separate negotiation with the neighbouring land owner.
Reconstruction Grant
Historic Scotland has offered a Building Repair Grant
which approximates to 25% of the reconstruction costs.
This is Ref. No to a satisfactory scheme of repairs
by an accredited architect and evidence that full project
funding is available.
Baltersan
Castle By Maybole | Ayrshire | KA19 8HQ | Scotland
Maybole 1 mile, Turnberry 6 miles, Ayr 10 miles,
Glasgow Prestwick International Airport 16 miles,
Glasgow 44 miles, Glasgow International Airport 45 miles
A stunning category A-listed 16th Century ruined tower
house with planning and listed building consents for
total restoration.
Accommodation:
Planning permission for accommodation over five floors
to include a Great Hall | library | kitchen | utility
room | WC | store room |
four twin/double bedchambers with en suite bathrooms
| fifth double bedchamber with private shower room.
Grounds:
0.303 hectare (3/4 acres or thereby) with potential
for further land by separate negotiation.
For sale as a whole
Description:
Baltersan Castle is a Category A-listed 16th Century
tower house. Currently the property is a shell consisting
of the external walls. Certain original features, notably
sections of the staircases and the original kitchen
hearth and chimney, are still in place.
The
castle has planning permission and listed building consent
to be restored to a residential property with the layout
reflecting the original design of the building. The
accommodation would be spread over five floors with
the kitchen and wine cellar on the ground floor (first
level), the Great Hall on the second level and a combination
of public and sleeping accommodation on the upper three
floors.
The castle sits in a plot of 0.303 hectares (3/4 acre
or thereby). Further land is potentially available by
separate negotiation with the neighbouring land owner.
Reconstruction Grant
Historic Scotland has offered a Building Repair Grant
which approximates to 25% of the reconstruction costs.
This is Ref. No
to a satisfactory scheme of repairs by an accredited architect
and evidence that full project funding is available.
History
An inscription at Baltersan’s entrance stated that
it had been built in 1584 by ‘John Kennedy of Pennyglen
and Margaret Cathcart his spouse’. Kennedy was half-brother
to the notorious Gilbert, 4th Earl of Cassillis and self-proclaimed
‘King of Carrick’ and through this became embroiled
in feuds of the period. However there were long periods
of peace and prosperity as evidenced by the high quality
of architectural detail in the castle. Around 1590 Timothy
Pont, Scotland’s greatest mapmaker, described it
thus:
‘Baltersan is a stately fine house with gardens,
orchards, parks and woods about it ...’
After providing a secure and handsome home for generations
of Kennedies, the castle was inherited by Captain Hugh
Arbuthnot
of Deptford, London in 1721. He and his wife took up residence
and he became a Burgess of Ayr. It appears that Baltersan
was
abandoned around 1745. Even in its ruined state it attracted
an impressive line of famous visitors including the poets,
Robert Burns
and John Keats as well as Scotland’s two greatest
architects, Robert Adam and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
The latter was much influenced by baronial architecture
and two of his Baltersan sketches are now in the Hunterian
Art Gallery, Glasgow.
Francis Grose, author of the Antiquities of Scotland,
wrote in 1789, ‘Crossraguel Abbey owned by Sir Adam
Fergusson who
rented the precincts to a local farmer within the Barony
of Baltersan ... of which the Mansion House, a fine, old
building, is
still remaining, though in ruins, about a quarter of a
mile from the Abbey’. Baltersan has featured in numerous
books, most
recently The Scottish Chateau by Prof. Charles McKean.
Further information: http://www.baltersan.comential.
Neighbourhood:
Lo. Baltersan Castle is situated in open Ayrshire countryside
to the south of Maybole. Maybole provides for all everyday
requirements
while Ayr (10 miles) offers a wider range of shops,
supermarkets and professional services. Private schooling
is available at Wellington School in Ayr which offers
co-education from the age of 3 to 18.
The A77/M77 and mainline Glasgow to Stranraer rail link
give good access to Glasgow which provides all the cultural,
retail,
professional and educational facilities expected of
an international city. Prestwick airport (16 miles)
and Glasgow airport (45 miles) have a wide variety of
national and international routes. . Ayrshire is famous
worldwide for golf with world class championship courses
within easy reach (Turnberry 6 miles, Prestwick 17 miles,
Royal Troon 19 miles). There is also excellent sailing
on the Firth of Clyde with yachting
marinas at Troon, Largs and Inverkip
Local
Authorities : South Ayrshire Council, County Buildings,
Wellington Square, Ayr, KA7 1DR. Tel: 01292 612000.
Viewing : Strictly by appointment with Taif Independent
Property Consultants, telephone 0203 239 9399.
Possession : Vacant possession will be given
on completion.
Offers: Offers are to be submitted in Scottish
legal terms to the agents. A closing date for offers
will probably be fixed and prospective purchasers are
advised to register their interest with the agents in
order to be kept fully informed of any closing date
that may be fixed..
Price
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