[8] A centurion's stone was reported as built into the house, according to Sir George Macdonald who wrote about it.

[4] In 1814, the house was bought by Admiral Sir George Johnstone Hope (1767–1818), a veteran naval officer.

His son Sir James Hope (1808–1881) made further alterations to the building, and also established the estate village of Muirhouses.

The estate changed hands several more times, and by the 1970s was owned by the South of Scotland Electricity Board.

It the latter part of the 20th century the house was purchased from the SSEB by the Barkhouse family and restored as a private residence.