Location OS six-inch first edition
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| Bankend October 1955 from Stevensons 1956 Calendar |
Harperbank Grove housing is now on the site.
1871 census
Bankend House, Cumnock
John Allan 57 grain and cheese merchant land proprietor and farmer of 155 acres wife Grace (Lusk) 41 5 children 5 servants
1881 census Bankend House, shows this to be a substantial holding of 3200 acres, 420 of which arable, and being run by his son Robert Allan 22 - listed as a grain merchant and farmer employing 7 men and 2 boys. Grace Allan 46 is head of the household son William 14, daughters Grace 12 and Sarah 7. They also have 2 domestic servants, Jane Russell 27 and Agnes Kelly 18 and a farm servant Jess Henry 16.
The Allans must have left for Kirkcudbright around 1900 where Robert Allan contributed to his community. Robert died in Kirkmichael in1921 was buried in Cumnock
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Land taken from Bankend for the school and factory - late 1940s.This photo features in the 1952 Stevensons' calendar |
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James Stevenson ( from Changue ) who farmed at Bankend 1943 -1974 followed by his son Murray until c 1986 |
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| Fire at Bankend Farm CC 1923 |
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| Bankend |
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| Fire at Bankend farm CC 1917 |
Bankend October 1955 from Stevensons 1956 Calend
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| Ayr Advertiser 1890, showing the large house was built by John Allan tenant. |
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| Showing the house without the wing projecting into garden, but with the extended front stair construction 1855 |
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Dumfries and Galloway Standard 1921   In January 1868, John Allan is invited to the days ploughing at Changue as Mr Allan , Bridgend - despite him using Bankend House to announce his son's death in 1863. In 1861 census he's returned at Bridgend farm, while in 1871 he's down as in Bankend House. He tenanted land at Bankend Woodhead Bridgend Dettingen and owned a house and shop in Glaisnock street (1875) |
1967 foot and mouth outbreaks Cumnock Chronicle
Valuation Roll
1855 tenant (of a smithy) John Allan who also tenanted lands of Bridgend & Woodside, Dettingen and owned property with tenants at Townhead
1885 prop Marquis of Bute.
1895 tenant David Wardrop (see also Greenmill).
1915 tenant Robert Wardrop
1940 owner Mountjoy estate (ie Marquis of Bute) tenant John Reid farmer
Bankend House was destroyed by fire about 1999/2000
