 In about the 1750s, Sir Alexander Ramsay, 6th Baronet of Balmain, who had been a local Member of Parliament, planted the beech avenues that survive today.William Adam (1689–1748) prepared a plan for the house which is illustrated in his "Vitruvius Scoticus", although it was never executed.By 1790, the house was growing increasingly prone to damp, and was demolished only forty years after completion.