It is said that the house was originally gifted by Charles I to nobles, but eventually it fell to the Hamiltons of Wishaw.

The earlier farmstead of the house is named as Wisha on Timothy Pont's 16th century map of Scotland.

Graham also designed Cambusnethan House, another mansion in the parish which survives to this day, although abandoned.

After the death of the 8th Lord of Belhaven, in 1868 without a male heir the house passed onto his kinsmen, likely a contributing factor in the mansion's decline.

Little is known about the ownership or state of the mansion from this point on, but in November 1951, it was considered too much of a burden to own, and was put up for auction.