The designs and architecture were carried out by Brown & Wardrop and notably David Bryce.
On the site of Glenternie, Kidd set about building himself a mansion house complete with a coach house and stables, a drive and lodge, led by fine wrought iron gates, and a park with specimen trees.
The specification for the house dated 1868 shows every single detail of what was to be built, and was signed by Kidd and nine witnesses.
Soon after the house was finished, a dam forming a pond was built below the Glenternie Burn.
The house was sold in 1903 for £17,300 to Thomas Inglis, the proprietor of Bonnington Flour Mills in Edinburgh.