An additional wing to the house was added between 1896–1908 on the W side, undertaken by the then owner, James Ainslie, a wholesale wine and spirit merchant. Land to the E was appropriated, and a large stable block and lodge house were also constructed to the NE and S of the house respectively. By the late 19th century the house was known as Torwood, and had a large conservatory to its E side about half the size of the house, with other smaller expansions made to the rear service wing. Tor House was built for James Craig, proprietor of Craig & Rose, manufacturers of luxury paints, in 1850, in a Neo-Jacobean style. The works were undertaken, 11–13 March 2020, in advance of development as a condition of planning consent on the renovation of the 19th-century buildings. NT 22223 73227 A historic building survey was carried out of a former country house (later a nursing home), together with its associated stables and lodge house, at 30 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh.
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