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Piersland House
Troon, Scotland, United Kingdom · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Sir Alexander Walker, the Johnnie Walker grandson who created the Red and Black labels, had William Leiper build Piersland Lodge on Craigend Road in 1899. The Category A house is Old English on purpose: red sandstone below, half-timber and harling jettied out above, with the grand stair and a tapestry still in the Walker Bar. The family kept it as a home until 1975. It has been a hotel since, and the Brown family have run it from 1984.
- 37 rooms
- Opened 1975
- Architect: William Leiper
About Piersland House
- Leiper also drew the gatehouse and the mews in the same Old English manner, and Historic Environment Scotland lists them with the house. A verandah went on in 1920, by the Troon architect John Rutherford Johnstone.
- Thirty-seven bedrooms were counted in 2023, when the Browns applied again for a seven-room annex at the rear. An earlier consent had lapsed that July.
- Summer houses flank the east terrace, one of them finished in timber fish-scale, and rusticated sandstone columns line the garden. The Walker Bar keeps a Johnnie Walker collection.
History
Piersland Lodge was a private house for Sir Alexander Walker, grandson of John Walker, who created Johnnie Walker Red Label and Black Label. William Leiper designed it in 1898-99: an asymmetrical Old English house, red sandstone at ground floor, half-timber and harl above, Category A. Additions came in 1903, and a verandah in 1920 by John Rutherford Johnstone of Troon. The family kept it until 1975, when the house became a hotel. The Brown family bought it in 1984. In 2023 they applied again for a seven-bedroom annex after a 2020 consent had lapsed.
The setting
15 Craigend Road, Troon, KA10 6HD, on the Ayrshire coast. The house keeps its own terrace and summer houses in the town. Royal Troon is a separate address.
Experiences
- Views of Arran and the west coast — Breathtaking views of Arran and the west coast from the coastal town of Troon.
Amenities
- Gardens and grounds
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