Duncraig was built in the 1870s. There had previously been another house on the site, very slightly further west. Today, Duncraig is divided into several flats, but in these early days it was a spacious home of some eleven or twelve rooms. In 1879 Hugh Scott, a linen manufacturer in Dundee, aged 47, bought Duncraig and moved in with his wife Louisa and infant son Hugh. It is likely that they were the first occupants of the house. Sadly, father Hugh died from kidney disease the following year. Louisa was then joined in the house by her mother Mary and sister Catherine. This arrangement continued for over 20 years.
Duncraig was sold around 1910 to Robert Leighton. He lived there with his niece Euphemia Miller. Robert died around 1917 and the house was left to Euphemia who lived there until her death in 1953. Euphemia was very much a benefactrix to her home village, generously donating to worthy causes and giving help whenever and wherever she could. On her death in 1953, she left Duncraig to The Church of Scotland to be used as a care home for the elderly.
In the 1980s Duncraig closed as a care home and the building was converted into flats.
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