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The last Galbraith of
Culreuch, Robert, was forced to sell the estate to Sir Alexander Seton of Gargunnock, a Lord of the Session, in 1624,
who took the title of "Lord Kilcreuch" upon his
ascension to the bench. Seton held the estate for
eight years before selling it to a Robert Napier, second son of the famous John
Napier of Merchiston, who invented Logarithms.
Culcreuch, or Kilcreuch, is a sturdy
fortified house of three-storey-and-garret height.
The 15th-century tower house is on a beautiful hillside
site in the Campsies which was extended to east and
north and again in mid-19th century. House now has
been completely modernised and harling removed. Tower
still contains it's parapet of fine ashlar above a
double corbel course, and the tall four-storey rubble
extension now largely of 18th-century character and
windows remains. Of the original Castle, there are
fine chambers within, including vaulted cellars in
ground floor, ogival-headed aumbry in the first-floor
hall and a good 18th-century drawing room with classical
fireplace.
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