What is recorded here

Auchincruive House stands on the north bank of the River Ayr, built in 1767 for Richard Oswald after he bought the estate from James Murray of Broughton. Oswald had negotiated the Treaty of Paris in 1783, then retired to this house, where he died the following year. The estate later became the West of Scotland College of Agriculture, but the building has since returned to its own name, carrying both agricultural use and Oswald’s final years.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Auchincruive House as Country House (18th Century), Tower House (medieval). 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.

Auchincruive House was built by the Cunningham family in the 18th century, with earlier medieval origins as a tower house. It is historically significant as a family seat associated with the Cunninghams of Auchincruive, a prominent Scottish noble family.

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