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Highgrove Hotel, previously known as Dallam Towers, lies nearby on the road to Dundonald. Crossburn House is dated 1832 on a stone gate pier. The rear wing is probably 18th century. [19] The Old Loans Inn was a coaching inn that was renovated in 2009 and now provides hotel accommodation and fine dining. [20]
The station opened on 5 August 1839, [1] and closed to passengers on 2 May 1892 [2] upon the opening of a new Troon station on a new loop line to the west. [1] The original line remained open as a means of bypassing the new Troon station, and also to serve Troon Goods station which was located slightly to the north of the closed passenger station.
The port of Troon is located approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) from the railway station, a walk of around fifteen minutes. There are footpaths throughout. Since March 2024, Caledonian MacBrayne operate a ferry service to Brodick on the Isle of Arran twice a day (three times daily on weekends), using the chartered catamaran MV Alfred .
Highgrove House was built in 1796 to 1798 by John Paul Paul, and believed to have been designed by architect Anthony Keck.The estate itself came to the family through the marriage in 1771 of Josiah Paul Tippetts later Paul (his mother's family name, which he adopted under the terms of the will of his uncle, her brother) with Mary Clark, whose father Robert was the local squire.
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The building was subsequently used for the delivery of local services by Kyle and Carrick District Council and, from 1996, by South Ayrshire Council, [1] while the concert hall at the rear of the building continued to be used as an events venue. [10] [11] The town hall also became the meeting place of Troon Community Council. [12]
Justin Leonard, a winner at Royal Troon in 1997, returned for the first time since 2016 and was given the honor of the opening tee shot with the shiny claret jug positioned nearby on a podium.