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130: 52: 79: 156:. This wall also contains stones (not in situ) dated '1603' and '1604', the initials 'I B' being on the latter. The whole building has been restored and, in parts, modernised. The walls are only 0.6 metres (2.0 ft) thick. No other traces of courtyard wall are visible. 149:. It consisted of a rectangular block, with a round tower at the south-west angle, and the remains of another at the north-east angle. The latter is about 3 metres (9.8 ft) high. A courtyard wall has a door in it, and it is possible that buildings abutted this. 70:. It was built by the boat-building Steele family in 1851, with a further wing added in the early twentieth century. The restored seventeenth century Knock Old Castle is within the grounds. 360: 355: 187: 266:
Cuninghame, topographized by Timothy Pont, A M, 1604-1608: with continuations and illustrative notices by the late James Dobie of Crummock, FSA Scot.
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A modern parapet with angle turret surmounts this wall, which bears a stone inscribed "Repaired in 1853." This restoration is recorded as being by
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in about 1608. The remains of this small mansion or castle stand on the edge of a stream with an extensive view to the west over
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in Australia, who certainly owned the castle in the later 19th century, and died here in 1897. The house was then sold to
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merchant, and his initials and crest are carved on the parapets. Around 1870 it was sold to George Elder
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Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
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The castle was extended in 1908. It is a category A
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55°49′37″N 4°53′10″W / 55.827°N 4.886°W / 55.827; -4.886

Largs
Scotland

J. T. Rochead
Tudor revival
Robert Steele
Greenock
FRSE
Adelaide
Robert Hunter Craig
listed building

Timothy Pont
Arran
Bute
John Thomas Rochead
Nigel Tranter
The Fortified House in Scotland
listed building
Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
ISBN
0 902 198 84 X
the original
Historic Environment Scotland
"Knock Castle and Garden Pavilion Block and Gatepiers to east (Category A Listed Building) (LB7306)"


"Knock Old Castle, NMRS Number: NS16SE 3 (40716)"

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