December!!!

December!!!

Suddenly it is December – and the year is rushing to a close. On the 17th of the month, we shall have been the legal owners of Bannockburn House for the first of what we hope will be many years to come. The Big Hoose  Owing to the shorter days, it...
Our Lavish Victorian Garden Party

Our Lavish Victorian Garden Party

On the 4th and 5th of August our wonderful volunteers organised a superb and greatly successful weekend.  Even the weather was beautiful to go with it.  Hundreds of visitors came to explore the house and gardens over the two days and enjoyed the...
We need you!

We need you!

Walled Gardens, Soft Fruit & Orchards  As most of our followers and supporters know Bannockburn House now belongs to the community. However, it is not just the house we own. We own the main house, outbuildings and 26 acres of grounds. We are...
The Auld Alliance still lives!

The Auld Alliance still lives!

Descendants of Sir Hugh Paterson visit Bannockburn House after 350 years Isabelle Chardon and her husband Guy from France visited on a gloriously sunny day in June (2018). Isabelle is a descendant of Sir Hugh Paterson (find out more about the house’s history...
William Ramsay of Barnton & Stirling Racecourse

William Ramsay of Barnton & Stirling Racecourse

Bannnockburn House Links Between 1787 and 1883, Bannockburn House was owned and occupied by various members of the Ramsay family of Barnton in Edinburgh. In 1787, William Ramsay, an Edinburgh merchant banker who also owned Barnton House in Edinburgh, Sauchie House and...