Netherurd House, a plain three-story mansion, with well-wooded grounds, in Kirkurd parish, W Peeblesshire, 2¾ miles SSE of Dolphinton station and 7¹/8 NE of Biggar. The estate was purchased in 1834 for £18, 000 by the late John White, Esq. (1808-80), who held 6376 acres in Peebles and Lanark shires, valued at £2255 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 24, 1864.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)