Carmichael House, on the Carmichael estate in Upper Lanarkshire, Scotland, grew from a medieval stronghold tied to Clan Carmichael into an 18th-century country mansion built for the Earls of Hyndford. The Carmichaels held the barony from medieval times, serving Scottish monarchs and fighting in border wars. The present H-plan mansion was probably begun in the mid-1700s to replace an older castle; its purple sandstone shell, with cream dressings, is now a roofless ruin after standing empty in the