Melville House

[2] Melville however was to be accused of being involved in the Rye House Plot — a Whig conspiracy to assassinate King Charles II and his brother the Duke of York (the future James VII).

[3] During the 1940s, the estate and house was used to billet Polish soldiers during World War II who were training for a guerilla campaign against any German invasion throughout the Blitz period.

During the 1960s in non-school termtime weeks Outward Bound utilised the school by hiring it as a Scottish residential centre for their worldwide and challenging outdoor adventure programs.

[6] Finally, in 1977, the board developed the former stables building into a history classroom whilst additionally creating, in the upper section, accommodation for a senior house master and his family to occupy.

[9] The Scottish historian and novelist Mauro Martone, is presumed to have been a pupil and mentions the estate in his 2017 novel "Kertamen",[10] In the early 2000s, the house was refurbished as a private home, before then being sold on several years later.