Lanfine House is a large Georgian Neoclassical property located on the South side of the upper River Irvine valley about 2 miles from Darvel and a roughly equal distance from Newmilns. It was built in 1772 for John Brown (1729-1802) a successful textile manufacturer and banker, who purchased the land when the Cessnock Estate was sold by the Hume family in 1769.
The building work was carried out by James Armour of Mauchline, who was to become the father-in-law of Robert Burns.
On the death of John Brown in 1802, his son Nicol Brown took over as Laird of Lanfine. When he died in 1829, the estate was inherited by his cousin Thomas Brown, a Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, who planted many exotic trees and shrubs.
The Lanfine estate grew from the original 400 acres acquired by John Brown in 1769, to over 10,000 acres today.
The Lanfine estate grew from the original 400 acres acquired by John Brown in 1769, to over 10,000 acres today.
According to the site Who Owns Scotland, the estate is now owned by Dr. Eberhard Sasse, a Munich-based German businessman through his cleaning services and communication company Sasse Co. It was apparently purchased on 15th October 2002 for a prize of £1.3 million.
Owners of Lanfine House
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