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Annick Lodge
Annick Lodge
In 1790 Alexander Montgomerie purchased the land in Dreghorn and remodelled Pearston Hall, home of the lairds at “Ouer Pierstone” and renamed it Annick Lodge. Previously known as Greenville or Greenvale. The Montgomerie family held the property until 1895 when Robert Barclay Shaw bought it. John Ronald Howie then bought the property in 1935.
John Baird established the Annick Lodge Oil Co Ltd in 1885, taking over what had been the colliery. The company lasted for four years. The colliery was across the Annick Water in what is Irvine parish and a hamlet with a school and store.
The Montgomerie family burial site at Dreghorn Churchyard.
Panel 1 - In Memory of William E Montgomerie died 14th June 1852, aged 63. And his sons Roger Montgomerie, died 25th October 1880, aged 52. And John Eglinton Montgomerie died 10th September 1902, aged 76.
Panel 2 - To the memory of Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Montgomerie Esq of Annick Lodge, died 13th February 1839. And of her beloved daughter Frances, died 25th Sep 1853.
Panel 3 - In memory of Susan Fraser, wife of William Eglinton Montgomerie of Annick Lodge, died 10th Oct 1884, aged 84. And of their daughter Elizabeth Montgomerie, died 20th February 1924.
Lt-Col., Thomas George Montgomerie 1830-1878.
Cunninghamhead Stable Block
photo by Roger Griffiths, Rosser1954 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Cunninghamhead
Cunninghamhead
From the fifteenth century the lands of Cunninghamhead were in the hands of the Cunningham family, also spelt Cunninghame. William Cunningham of the Glencairn family in Kilmaurs, was granted the land of Woodhead in Dreghorn and he renamed it Cunninghamhead. His son Robert was known as the first Laird of Cunninghamhead.
William Cunningham, the 8th Laird, died without issue, the heir of the Cunningham family fell to Colonel William Fullarton, son of the 8th Laird’s sister Barbara.
John Snodgrass purchased the estate of Cunninghamhead in 1728 and he demolished the tower house and had a mansion house built in 1747. John’s son Neil Snodgrass was born at Cunninghamhead in 1740 and inherited the estate, he would add stables and a gardeners cottage.
The Cunninghamhead estate would be bought by William Kerr around 1850. With the deaths of his daughters in 1957, a developer purchased the property and during renovation work in the 1960s, vandals broke in and the mansion was destroyed by fire. The gardener’s cottage was demolished in the 1980s and only the stable block remains and this is a category B listed building.
Crossroads was a hamlet on the estate consisting of a corn mill, sawmill, blacksmith, public school and a railway. Cunninghamhead Retirement Village
Cunninghamhead Mill.
Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Christopher Gillan / Crossroads Primary School
Christopher Gillan / Crossroads Primary School
Perceton House, photo by K Bell
Perceton
Perceton
Sir James Stewart received the lands of Pierston and Warwickhill, he became the 1st Baron of Pierston. The land passed into the hands of Robert Barclay in 1333. The Baronetcy of Pierston was created in 1668 for Sir Robert Barclay.
Andrew Macredie, provost of Stranraer purchased the Perceton estate in 1720. It was his grandson, William Macredie, who replaced the old manor house with the current one dating from 1770. Patrick Boyle Mure Macredie and his daughters were responsible for the mission halls in the parish. With the death of Helen Mure in 1930, the property passed to the Mitchell family until it was sold to the Irvine Development Corporation in 1968 for use as offices.
The ancient village of Perceton consisted of a church and church yard, corn mill and blacksmith. After the union of Perceton and Dreghorn Parishes in 1668, a new church and manse were built nearby the old kirk. Patrick Boyle Mure Macredie owned the Perceton Colliery and Fire Clay Works and had houses built for the miners. Perceton Row still exists as private homes.
Patrick Boyle Mure MaCredie.
Hill & Adamson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Perceton Church Ruins. The MaCredie family are buried here.
Perceton Church Ruins. The MaCredie family are buried here.
Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Perceton Row
Perceton Row
photo by K. S. Bell
This row of houses were built for the emloyees at the nearby fireclay works.
The Free Church, Perceton.
The Free Church, Perceton.
WeeHolly, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Perceton Fire Clay Works
Perceton Fire Clay Works
photo courtesy of A. Watson.
Warwickhill
Warwickhill
Warrixhill, or, Warwickhill, was as estate near Springside. Warwickhill House was purchased by the Ralston family in 1790, who were merchants in Paisley. Alexander McDougall Ralston owned four pits in the area that were managed by Messrs Merry & Cunningham.
In 1895 Warwickhill mansion was destroyed by fire and the lands were purchased by the Misses Mure Macredie of Perceton in 1897.
Left: The grave at Dreghorn churchyard of Alexander McDougall Ralston who died 25 December 1862 and his wife, Margaret Fullarton, who died 16 July 1882.
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