[1] It provided more comfortable accommodation than the former ancestral residence, Barnbougle Castle, which still stands close by.

Dalmeny today remains a private house, although it is open to the public during the summer months.

The house is protected as a category A listed building,[2] while the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.

However, the Earl concentrated on the estate, carrying out woodland planting and constructing a walled garden.

In contrast to the exterior, most of the principal rooms are in the Regency style, with the exception of the hammerbeam roof of the hall.

[1] Much of the French furniture and porcelain came from the family's English mansion, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, following the latter's sale in 1977.