The house was built for William Baird, the Procurator fiscal of Dunbartonshire, in 1853.

It passed to Andrew McGaan in 1863 and to Colonel John Denny in 1883.

In the early 20th century it became the headquarters of the 9th (Dunbartonshire) Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders).

[1] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.

[4] However B Company, 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) was formed at Dumbarton in 1967.