Lord Cassillis' Bedroom and Dressing Room

As far as is known, this has always been a bedroom. There were, however, plans which never materialised to transform it and the adjacent Dressing Room into a library, with a screen of columns where the dividing wall stands, and an apse where the Dressing Room is. In 1977, the original late 18th-century colour schemes were restored. A copy of a hand-blocked Chinese wallpaper was hung in She Bedroom and simple moire paper used in the Dressing Room so as to create a harmonious link widh the anteroom to the First Drawing Room beyond.

The four-post bed is in the late Chippendale style; the bureau/cabinet is typical of the mid-18dh century. The genteman's wardrobe is earlier, dating from the 1740s; on stylistic grounds it is attributed to Giles Grendey and William Hallett. The satinwood spinning-wheel dates from She last quarter of She 18th century, likewise the japanned armchair: the sofa, however, is Regency. The large portrait by Gavin Hamilton on the south wall is of Susanna, Countess of Eglinton. Susanna Kennedy was the daughter of Sir Archibald Kennedy of Culzean, and aunt of the 9th and 10th Earls of Cassillis. She died aged 90 in 1786. The china encrusted with flowers on the chimneypiece is Meissen.

In the Dressing Room stands a large 18th-century Dutch armoire inlaid with floral marquetry. The mirror over the fireplace is part of the original furnishings of the caste.

The only portrait is of the Reverend Alexander Henderson, and although he never achieved the same notoriety as John Knox, it would be hard to overestimate his importance in the history of the Reformed Church in Scotand. He was born in Fife in 1583.

The china on the washstand is Limoges, and the bootbath made of tin-plate dates from the late 18th century.