After the failure of the rebellion, Lord Panmure forfeited his lands and property, for taking part, and Edzell was sold by the Crown to the York Buildings Company, who proceeded to "asset strip" the property, finally gutting the building in 1764.
After the failure of the rebellion, Lord Panmure forfeited his lands and property, for taking part, and Edzell was sold by the Crown to the York Buildings Company, a London waterworks company which had branched into the buying and selling of forfeited property. They proceeded to "asset strip" the property, finally gutting the building in 1764.