Mauchline Castle8 Loudoun Street, Mauchline, Ayrshire, KA5 5BU

Mauchline Castle, also known as ‘Abbot Hunters Tower' and ‘Gavin Hamilton's House' is an impressive A Listed tower house dating back to the 15th century. The tower once formed part of a group of monastic buildings associated with Melrose Abbey and is steeped in history. Gavin Hamilton was a local lawyer who was one of Robert Burns' closest friends; he purchased and constructed the Georgian portion of the property in the late 1700s.

As well as the associations with this property, the surrounding area has a strong connection with Burns – Scotland's national poet – who reportedly married the ‘Belle of Mauchline' Jean Armour in the dining room of Gavin Hamilton's house.

The main property comprises a drawing room, dining room, piano room, kitchen, utility room and WC on the ground floor with a turned staircase leading upstairs from the main entrance hall.

On the first floor the house has a sitting room and four bedrooms with the principal bedroom, bedroom two and three benefitting from an en suite WC and en suite bathrooms.

The separate former bakehouse offers secondary accommodation on the first floor above the garage located on the ground floor. This comprises a well proportioned living room, kitchen, two bedrooms and a bathroom.

Accessed via wrought iron gates the grounds of Mauchline Castle equate to around half an acre in size. The garden and surrounding trees are mature and offer excellent privacy and seclusion.

Please note that there are grants available from the Council via the CARS scheme should a potential purchaser be interested.

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