Blackburn House

West Lothian

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Blackburn House in West Lothian was built by George Moncrieff in 1772.  It is a fine example of an 18th Century country house in the Palladian style and is the only A-listed building in the local area.

Blackburn’s significance lies in both its architecture and the way it is intimately connected with the wider history of 18th-century Britain. The man responsible for Blackburn’s construction, George Moncrieff, was a plantation owner and an agricultural reformer. His choices for the design and decoration of Blackburn reflect his time spent in the West Indies as well as contemporary British architectural and decorative fashions.

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