Viewforth House

The first house on the site, which was known as "Viewforth" was commissioned by the Rev John McMillan, Moderator of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland, in 1787. The building was acquired by Peter Drummond, a seed merchant, who demolished the old house in 1853. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with four bays facing St Ninian's Road; it featured a stone porch, supported by polished columns, on the ground floor with coat of arms and finial above; there was a narrow oriel window on the first floor and a bartizan on the left corner. a structure which was completed in 1875.}} A large extension, extending the building eastwards to a design by James Miller in an art deco…