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Latitude: 55.4781 / 55°28'41"N
Longitude: -4.3634 / 4°21'48"W
OS Eastings: 250726
OS Northings: 623016
OS Grid: NS507230
Mapcode National: GBR 3M.WZ26
Mapcode Global: WH3QY.YKBR
Plus Code: 9C7QFJHP+6J
Entry Name: Auchinleck House
Listing Name: Auchinleck House
Listing Date: 14 April 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 331393
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB948
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200331393
Location: Auchinleck
County: East Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: Cumnock and New Cumnock
Parish: Auchinleck
Traditional County: Ayrshire
Tagged with: Country house
The estate acquired some celebrity from being the home of James Boswell, biographer of Johnson. They visited Lord Auchinleck thee on their return from the journey in the Hebrides, 1773 - Present mansion attributed to Robert Adam, probably built circa 1760; ashlar; centre rectangular block has elaborately decorated pediment supported by 4 flat Ionic pilasters; 2 storeys, raised basement, flight of entrance steps; balustraded parapet and parapet urns - Supporting pedimented pavilions topped by curious ornamental towers, detached from the house itself but connected by curved screen walls.
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