 By 1877 the house comprised drawing, dining and sitting rooms on the ground floor, an attic space divided into four bedrooms, a bathroom and detached kitchen-house with servant's quarters, along with various outbuildings.Alexander Duncan Campbell purchased the residence on early in 1879, and by mid-1883 Lucerne was in the possession of Agnes wife of John Scott MLA (1883-98).Scott, a pastoralist and parliamentarian, resided there until his death in 1898.