THE PAST
The rich history of Penninghame Estate dates back to as far as 1750.
Once the property of the Earls of Galloway, in 1825, Penninghame Estate became the property of James Blair, whos family futher updated the house into its current Jacobean style from 1869 onwards. After passing onto his brother in-law William Stopford-Blair, the Estate later fell under the ownership of John Stewart, the 7th Earl of Galloway.
Since then, it has been bought, sold, gifted and inherited by many other families, all the time changing with each new proprietor.
In the last century, the house had been used as a farm, farmer’s market, a hospital during the First World War and became an open prison in 1954, before closure in 2000. The mansion was then restored to its Victorian splendour by the previous owners, who used it as an alternative healing and self-discovery centre, until the pandemic hit in 2020.
Facing an uncertain future, the owners decided to sell the Estate and Penninghame once again transformed itself into something new.
