Blairquhan, a mansion in Straiton parish, Ayrshire, on Girvan Water, 1 mile WNW of Straiton village. A handsome Tudor edifice, built in l824, and standing amid finely-wooded grounds, it is the seat of Sir Edw. Hunter-Blair, fourth Bart. since 1786 (b. 1818; suc. 1857), and owner of 12,610 acres in the shire, valued at £7134 per annum.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)