Maybole Castle was the town house of the Earls of Cassillis and is still the property of the holder of that title. It was built c1560.
It is a fine example of 16th Century Scots Baronial Architecture; the style developed out of the tumultuous period of history and the need for ‘fortress-like’ buildings. Towers were adorned by small turrets, high walls and crow-stepped gables which gave the impression of impregnable strength. It consists of an L-shaped tower, four storeys and a garret in height, with large circular turrets corbelled out at the north-east and south-east angles and a stair-wing projecting to the south-west. Scots Baronial was revived in the 18th and 19th Centuries.