Four families have lived at Blairquhan. The McWhirters built the first tower-house in about 1346.
Through marriage they were succeeded by the Kennedys, who built a large regular front south west of the Tower in 1573. In the early 17th Century the Whitefoords took over, but in 1798, suffering from the effects of the Ayr Bank crash, they sold Blairquhan to the Trustees of Sir David Hunter Blair, 3rd Baronet. He was a member of a cadet branch of the Hunters of Hunterston; related, through his mother, to the Kennedys of Blairquhan.
The old castle having become ruinous, he commissioned the Scottish architect William Burn to design a new house, slightly north of the old one, and, between 1821 and 1824, it was built.
All the furniture was originally supplied by Morrison, of Ayr.
I would like to welcome you to our much loved family home and I greatly hope you enjoy your visit here, where you can tour our beautiful castle rooms.
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