Historic Scotland - Stewarton

No 2 with section of former wall to North elevation (see Notes) and later single storey
extension to rear. Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows to No 2; non
traditional replacement windows to No 7. Flat roof.
INTERIOR:
No 2 was last in (seen 2008). Altered room plan. Impressive decorative
stone chimney piece with Tudor arch. Some 6-panel timber doors.
REFERENCES:
1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map, (1854-9). S MiI1igan,Old Stewarton, Dunlop and
Lugton, 2001, p18. MC Davis, The Castle and Mansions of Ayrshire, 1991,p314, 135.
Notes
This pair of distinctive lodges to Lainshaw House, which now flanks David Dale Avenue.
They are an important part of the streets cape and history of Stewarton. Originally single
storey, the lodges formed part of the entrance gateway to Lainshaw House and were
joined by walls and gatepiers with a carriage gate and two pedestrian gates. These were
demolished in the 1950s when the road was widened to make way for the new housing
estate, which now occupies the land between the lodges and Lainshaw House itself.
A remnant of the war remains at No 2 David Dale Avenue. A whale jaw bone sat over the
central gate. The windows to the East were formerly Ogee arched. It is likely that the
lodges were raised to two storey around 1920 by the architect James Cairns, of Glasgow.
The lodges were probably built after William Cunningham, a tobacco merchant from
Kilmarnock, brought Lainshaw Estate in 1778. On acquiring the estate he spent a great
deal of money extending the grounds and likely the lodges date from this period.
List description revised as part of Stewarton Burgh resurvey, 2009.
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