▁Le ving ▁of ▁Le ving st oun . ▁One ▁gene al ogy ▁traces ▁it ▁further ▁back ▁to ▁a ▁Baron ▁de ▁Le ving ▁who ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁accompanied ▁St . ▁Margaret ▁from ▁her ▁birth place ▁in ▁Hung ary , ▁her ▁presence ▁in ▁Edward ▁the ▁Conf essor ' s ▁court ▁in ▁England ▁and ▁her ▁ex ile ▁in ▁Scotland . ▁Other ▁sources ▁regard ▁Le ving ▁as ▁a ▁F lem ish ▁entrepr ene ur . ▁ ▁Living ston ▁Old ▁Kirk , ▁in ▁its ▁current ▁form , ▁dates ▁from ▁ 1 7 3 2 ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁fine ▁example ▁of ▁plain ▁Pres bet ry rian ▁architecture ▁of ▁the ▁period . ▁It ▁stands ▁on ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁a ▁pre - Re formation ▁church ▁which ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁stood ▁on ▁the ▁site ▁from ▁c . 1 3 5 0 ▁to ▁ 1 6 5 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁Living ston ▁had ▁several ▁houses , ▁a ▁Church ▁of ▁Scotland ▁Church , ▁a ▁United ▁Free ▁church ▁and ▁a ▁School . ▁ ▁S urr ounding ▁Country ▁H ouses ▁ ▁Charles field ▁House ▁Charles field ▁House ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁country ▁house ▁standing ▁just ▁south - west ▁of ▁the ▁village ▁on ▁the ▁banks ▁of ▁the ▁River ▁Al mond . ▁It ▁was ▁designed ▁around ▁ 1 7 9 5 ▁and ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 8 ▁as ▁the ▁home ▁of ▁a ▁Rev . ▁Thomas ▁Hard y . ▁However ▁it ▁was ▁sold ▁almost ▁immediately , ▁to ▁Henry ▁Ra eb urn , ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁ren owned ▁Scottish ▁portrait ▁artist ,