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"The house at Auchans, which bears date of 1644, is of a very irregular
and grotesque appearance. As a mansion house it is now in a state
of hopeless disrepair, and is occupied only in compartments by Cottars :
this, in point of taste is much to be regretted as a finer situation for
a handsome building and residence is scarcely anywhere to be found.
From the Orchard adjoining this mansion went forth the fruit, which
as long been known over Scotland as the Auchans' Pear. The tree
originally came from France, and was blown down, in a good old
age, by a storm about 60 years ago."
New Stat Acct. [Statistical Account]