Burns Cottage

Burns Cottage
Burns Cottage in October 2006
Type	Thatched cottage, open to the public as a museum
Location	Alloway, Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Coordinates	55°25′58″N 04°38′06″W / 55.43278°N 4.63500°W / 55.43278; -4.63500
Built	1757
Original use	Home of Robert Burns and family
Owner	National Trust for Scotland
Listed Building – Category A
Type	National or international importance
Designated	5 February 1971
Reference no.	LB21476
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Burns Cottage is the birthplace of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet (or "bard"), who was born at the cottage on 25 January 1759. It is located in Alloway, a current suburb of Ayr, and a former village, located in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The cottage was built by Robert Burns' father, William Burnes in 1757 and is a four-roomed clay and thatch cottage which has been fully restored to become part of the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum.

Currently, the cottage is under the ownership and protection of the National Trust for Scotland, and forms part of a larger Robert Burns Birthplace Museum also located in Alloway.^[1]