Alexander Hastie Millar, F.S.A., Scot., “The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire”, 1885 – Auchendrane

In A. H. Millar, The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire: Historical and Descriptive

Accounts of The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire, 1885, the entry for Auchendrane

opens with:

 

 

“AUCHENDRANE.

 

SOME confusion is apt to arise from the fact that two separate houses on the banks of Doon
are called alike by the name of Auchendrane, although the difficulty is capable of a simple
explanation. The property now in the possession of Miss Cathcart, the mansion-house of which
stands close by the river side, about four miles from Ayr, is upon that portion of the old estate of
Middle Auchendrane, for some time called Blairstoun; and the proprietor of this place was formerly
known as the Laird of Blairstoun, to distinguish him from the Laird of Auchendrane proper, after
Mure of the ‘Barony of Auchendrane,’ to which it was attached, had sold this part of the estate
to one of the family of Blair of Blair.”

 

 

 

 

George Fairfull-Smith, May 2025.