page_title: Thorntoun house and estate
section_title: The Wrey Family
hierarchical_section_title: Thorntoun house and estate / The History of Thorntoun house and estate / The Wrey Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Carmel Bank farm from near Holm Farm, North Ayrshire, Scotland. 2007.
context_page_description: Thorntoun School was opened by Barnardo's in September 1971 for children with emotional difficulties aged 11 to 16 years. The school closed in 1990 and Thorntoun is now a nursing home. The complex lies between the villages of Springside and Crosshouse, Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The old Thorntoun mansion house was demolished in the late 1960s, leaving the West Lodge, some of the home farm outbuildings, the stables and the walled garden as 'memorials' to the ancient history of the site. Many fine trees remain from the estate policies and the surviving gardens are very well maintained. An entrance with a slight deviation from the old course has been created to serve the large modern buildings which house the nursing home.
context_section_description: Sarah Cuninghame's spouse was George Bourchier Wrey from North Devon. They had a son, George Edward Bourchier Wrey who had succeeded to the property by 1912. He appears to have inherited Carmelbank from his great-uncle, John Cuninghame by this date. The combined rental income of Thorntoun and Carmelbank was £2,640 12s 0d., the second highest in the parish, only exceeded by Robert Morris Pollock-Morris of Craig house. This is a reversal for both of the situation in 1799 and may reflect earnings from the establishment of collieries, etc. rather than the straightforward 'traditional' income from farms and the like.
caption: Carmel Bank from near Holm Farm. 2007.
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