It was built in 1791[1] and is now a Category C listed building,[2] It was formerly the manse for the nearby Kinfauns Parish Church.

[2] An addition, to the east, in 1840 was the work of William Macdonald Mackenzie, Perth's City Architect,[2] who was born in St Martins, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to the north.

The Church of Scotland sold the property in 1958 to a private owner who remained there for 45 years.

It was still present in 1838,[3] but in the mid-19th century, a sinkhole appeared and the manse fell in, witnessed by the minister, who had just left his home en route to the church.

The loch remained for a few generations,[4]: 107  before being drained by a tenant later in the century for agricultural use of the land beneath it.