Claim: The first written record of the House of the Binns dates from 1335, and a record from 1478 suggested that Archibald Meldrum, son of the late James Meldrum of the Bynnis, was the owner.
Evidence: Written records begin in 1335, and record a land of the "Bynnis". There was certainly a manor house here by 1478, when records indicate the owner was an Archibald Meldrum, son of the late James Meldrum of the Bynnis.