Balruddery

Balruddery House by Longforgan in Perthshire, Scotland, was designed by David Neave for James Webster circa 1820.

[3] In 1886 a fire destroyed much of the house[4] and it was rebuilt by Sidney Mitchell for Martin White, his father having died in 1884.

[5] When Martin died in 1928, his son Oliver White, chose not to live there and the house and a good portion of the contents, were sold to a cousin, Harold S Sharp.

[6] The walled garden and surrounds now contain three or four modern houses, though until recently (2011) the remains of the foundation and heating system of the Victorian greenhouse could be seen, with camellias still growing on the wall; a line of tall scraggly yew trees marked the line of one of the former clipped ornamental yew hedges.

A large Japanese stone lantern, brought back by Martin White from his honeymoon to Japan in 1898, remained standing after the destruction of the house for over 20 years, until it was acquired by Durham University Oriental Museum in 1985.