Kilkerran House
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| Kilkerran House | |
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| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Location | near Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°17′32″N 4°40′18″W / 55.29222°N 4.67167°W |
| Completed | c. 1700 |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Brick, stone |
Listed Building – Category A | |
| Reference no. | LB1114 |
| Official name | Kilkerran |
| Designated | 30 June 1987 |
| Reference no. | GDL00238 |
Kilkerran House is an 18th-century private house near Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland. It is a category A listed building[1] set within grounds included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.[2] The name Kilkerran relates Campbeltown Loch, originally referred to as 'Kinlochkilkerran' (an anglicization of the Gaelic, which means "head of the loch by the kirk (Chille) of Ciarán").