The present building dates from 1829 when the 9th Earl of Haddington employed William Burn to greatly enlarge the house in the Baronial style.

[2] There was a manor on the lands in 1094, when it was mentioned in a charter of Duncan II of Scotland to the monks of St Cuthberts.

[4] She sold the house and estate to the courtier John Murray, 1st Earl of Annandale in 1621 for 200,000 merks.

His wife is largely responsible for the layout of the parks which survives today, including avenues, plantations, and the 400 acres (160 ha) Binning Wood.

[7] Inspired by his wife to become a noted agricultural improver, the Earl wrote a book, A Treatise on the Manner of Raising Forest Trees, published in 1761.

In 1828 he commissioned William Burn to redesign the house in the Scots Baronial style.

The bulk of the contents were auctioned by Sotheby's in a two-day sale at the house, on 28–29 September 1987.