Nisbet House

Nisbet House is a 17th century tower house which may incorporate earlier work, with 18th century additions.

In 1420 Adam of West Nisbet, son of Henry de Ogoul, was granted a charter of the lands of Popille.

In September 1545 the “towre of Nesbed”, which stood within a moat, was burned by an English army led by Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford.

Sir Alexander Nisbet of Nisbet married Katherine Swinton, daughter of Sir Robert Swinton of Swinton, in 1609. In the 1630s Sir Alexander had Nisbet House built, complete with vaulted basement rooms and numerous gunloops.

A four storey tower with crenellations was added to the west side of the original house in 1774.