SMR 2056 / NS 8670 7296
Rectangular two-storey farm house of random rubble with symmetrically arranged windows facing south-east with single storey wings and later extensions. Circa 1818.
Peatrigend was the home of some of the factors of Balquhatstone estate.
Bibliography
Falkirk Herald 24 June 1858, 1:
“The FARMS of PEATRIGEND and AIRDRUMEND, as presently possessed by John Shanks, consisting of about 137 acres, of which 99 acres are good arable land, and the remainder pasture and moss land, with the addition of two Fields on the north of the avenue leading to Balquhatstone and that portion of the Mains Farm to the north of Balquhatstone House, which is to be kept in pasture. About 26 acres of Airdrumend adjoining Balquhatstone Mains is to be Let along with that Farm…”
Falkirk Local History Society 