Lornshill

Lornshill is a large Scots-classical farmhouse built around 1770 or earlier, located on an agricultural site on the ridge of a shallow hill about one mile northwest of Alloa town centre. The building is two stories high and has three bays, with a harled exterior featuring margins and a notably high piended roof. The central doorway is designed in a Venetian style and is flanked by two canted bays with piended roofs at the ground floor. Above the doorway, there is a single window on the first floor.

Historically, Lornshill appears on James Stobie's 1783 map of the Counties of Perth and Clackmannan. The Ordnance Survey Name Book of 1861 indicates that Lornshill was owned by the Earl of Mar and describes it as "a large farmsteading, dwelling house and offices of two stories, situated on a prominent hill." The building's scale and design reflect the ambitious agricultural improvements pursued by many landowners in the mid-18th century.

The Earls of Mar believed that economic and industrial development would help restore Scotland's political autonomy after the Act of Union of 1707. The New Statistical Account of Scotland from 1845 mentions that John Francis, the late Earl of Mar, was instrumental in advancing agriculture and the rural economy in the late 18th century.

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) architectural guide describes the house as a "striking classical farmhouse (c.1770) with a steep hipped roof and round-headed Venetian doorway." The steading buildings at Lornshill were photographed in 1995 for the Scottish Farm Building Survey. Since 2001, extensive tree planting to the northeast of the house has obscured its visibility from the main road.