Friday, 24 July 2026

John Baird's house

Researched by Kay 

John Baird was a cloth merchant and owner of land in Lugar Street. The Baird Institute was built as his legacy to Cumnock.

Baird's Place 
Situated to the right when facing the Baird Institute, it is now part of a shop in Lugar Street.

The records below  are in Ayrshire Archives and would indicate that the house was built in 1880.

 AA/DC177/1/81
Specification of the execution of masonry work for a house to be rebuilt by John Baird, Merchant, Cumnock, unsigned  May 1880
    
AA/DC177/1/82
Specification of the slater and other works for a house to be built by John Baird, Merchant, Cumnock, unsignedMay 1880

 AA/DC177/1/83
Draft specification of the execution of masonry work for John Baird's house, CumnockMay 1880


 AA/DC177/1/85
Specification of the execution of plaster work for John Baird's house, unsigned1880

 AA/DC177/1/87
Plan of John Baird's garden1881


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