place

Thorntoun house and estate

Buildings and structures in North AyrshireFormer country houses in ScotlandHistory of North AyrshireUse British English from September 2015

Thorntoun School was opened by Barnardo's in September 1971 for children with emotional difficulties aged 11 to 16 years. The school closed in 1990 and Thorntoun is now a nursing home. The complex lies between the villages of Springside (North Ayrshire) and Crosshouse, Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The old Thorntoun mansion house was demolished in the late 1960s, leaving the West Lodge, some of the home farm outbuildings, the stables and the walled garden as 'memorials' to the ancient history of the site. Many fine trees remain from the estate policies and the surviving gardens are very well maintained (2007). An entrance with a slight deviation from the old course has been created to serve the large modern buildings which house the nursing home.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Thorntoun house and estate (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors).

Thorntoun house and estate

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Thorntoun house and estateContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 55.613388888889 ° E -4.5727222222222 °
placeShow on map

Address


KA2 0BH
Scotland, United Kingdom
mapOpen on Google Maps

Share experience

Nearby Places