Income from those enslaved on the family's estates in Jamaica funded agricultural improvements and landscaping of the grounds.

[1] In 1847 Sir William Stirling Maxwell inherited the estate, and began a remodelling of the house and grounds.

Architects Alfred Jenoure and William Stirling II worked on the house, while formal gardens were laid out by James Niven.

[2] A chapel was added in 1912, designed by Rowand Anderson and Paul, and with interior mosaic decoration by Boris Anrep.

In 1975 the house, together with 15,000 acres (6,100 ha), was sold by Bill Stirling of Keir for £2 million to Mahdi Al Tajir, a businessman from the United Arab Emirates.