What is recorded here
Glenapp Castle, Chauffeur's House stands in South Ayrshire as a small estate cottage, not a grand castle or public attraction. It may have served the people who kept the main house running, giving them a place to live and tend the grounds. The chaufteur's house still belongs to the estate's history, even if no longer in use.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glenapp Castle, Chauffeur's House as Estate Cottage (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Glenapp Castle, Chauffeur's House is part of the Glenapp Castle estate, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by the Kennedy family, a prominent Scottish landowning family. The structure is important as an example of supporting infrastructure typical of large country estates during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods.
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