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Remains of mansion house and site of manor. The U-plan house is depicted on the OS 1st and 2nd edition maps, but is mentioned from at least 1654. Writing in 1723, William Walker reported that 'Blakfoord is a pretty new house, built after the English modell, anno MDCCXXII'. It then belonged to Alexander Forbes, whose father has bought the estate of Blackford from his father-in-law Alexander Gellie in circa 1702. A possession of the Forbeses until 1851, it appears that during the 16th century and probably earlier, Blackford had belonged to a branch of the Garden family. Early in the 19th century, Alexander Forbes's 'fine new house' seems to have been replaced by a new mansion. It was unroofed in the 1940s, the central portion of this has since been converted for use as a modern house. A stone lined ice-house lies in the grounds near to the main house.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)