Old Photograph Loudoun Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Loudoun Castle, a ruined 19th century country house near Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland. A tower house was built at Loudoun in the 15th or 16th century, and was extended in the 17th century. Edward Moore, 11th great-grandfather of noted lawyer Hoyt Augustus Moore of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, was custodian of Loudoun castle in 1447. Around 1807, the present Loudoun Castle was built to designs by the architect Archibald Elliot. It was built as the home of the Countess of Loudoun and Moira, born 1780, died 1840. The house was gutted by fire in 1941.



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