 Sir John Gladstone added a third storey to the central tower in 1830, and built the portico of rusticated pillars in the 1840s.The drawing room was expanded in 1905, and some servants' quarters were added before the beginning of the First World War.Innovative use of electricity meant that Fasque was possibly the first house in Scotland to be lit by electric lights, and had an electric buzzer system as early as 1890.