Blairquhan Castle
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Entrance front of Blairquhan Castle
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| Location | Straiton, South Ayrshire, Scotland UK grid reference NS 36531 05468 |
| Coordinates | 55°18′58″N 4°34′39″W / 55.3161°N 4.5776°WCoordinates: 55°18′58″N 4°34′39″W / 55.3161°N 4.5776°W |
| Built | 1824 |
| Built for | Hunter-Blair family |
| Architect | William Burn |
| Architectural style(s) | Tudor revival |
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Listed Building – Category A
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| Designated | 14 April 1971 |
| Reference no. | 19094 |
| Criteria | Historical Horticultural Architectural |
| Designated | 1987 |
 Location within South Ayrshire
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Blairquhan (/blɛərˈhwɑːn/ blair-WHAHN, Scots: Blairwhan) is a Regency era castle near Maybole in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the historic home of the Hunter-Blair Baronets and remained in the family's possession until 2012, when it was sold to a Chinese company.
Blairquhan is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.
Four different families have lived at Blairquhan or on its lands. The McWhirters built the first tower house about 1346. The Kennedys then inherited the estate through marriage and built the remainder of the old castle about 1573. In the early 17th century the Whitefords took over, but in 1798, suffering the effects of a bank crash, they sold Blairquhan to Sir David Hunter Blair, 3rd Baronet, the second son of Sir James Hunter Blair, 1st Baronet who had married Jean Blair, the daughter and heiress of John Blair of Dunskey in Wigtownshire in 1770. When Jean Blair inherited her father’s estate in 1777, the family took the additional surname of Blair.
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