Swindridgemuir was probably designed by the architect David Hamilton and [5][6] has two storeys, and three bays with an ionic columned porch.

This area later contains a tennis court (datum 2012) and a small building or shed occupied a corner at the north-east.

[8] An old lane runs past the policies up to Wheatyfauld Farm, Park Terrace, Highden and beyond.

[12] The Smith family held the lands of Swindridgemuir, Auchingree, and others for several centuries, principally under a mortgage arrangement.

[15] Another Andrew Smith inherited the property from his father of the same name and married a Marion Cochrane of Barcosh in 1753.

John Smith (1754–1838) was the eldest son of Andrew Smith and served for some years in the army, but at the termination of the American War of Independence he was placed on half pay and decided to retire and turn his attention to agricultural improvements, also purchasing various properties in the area and building the present mansion house.

[18] In 1857, after the death of his father at Lucknow, Captain William James Smith-Neill of Barnweill, Swinridgemuir, and Kersland R.A. inherited the estates amounting to around 1275 acres.

As a British soldier responsible for several war crimes during the suppression of the 1857 Mutiny and the sobriquet 'Butcher of Allahabad' his reputation has unsurprisingly suffered in modern times.

John Smith received an award from the Highland Society of Scotland in recognition of his "ingenuity and perseverance in discovering a principle, and introducing the practice of converting peat moss into very productive soil".

of Swineridgemuir (sic) taught his tenants and neighbours how to improve peat moss and even published a pamphlet in 1797 ...which has done much good and which was often quoted, copies, or referred to in almost every publication from that time regarding rural economy.

'Tout comprendre c'est tout pardonner' is carved on this stone and on a smaller wooden cross that bears her details alone.