Touch House, a mansion in St Ninians parish, Stirlingshire, near the right bank of Touch B-urn, 3 miles W by S of Stirling. Having come to his grandmother in 1835, the estate now belongs to Sir Alan Henry Seton-Steuart of Allanton, fourth Bart. since 1815 (b. 1856; suc. 1884), who is hereditary armourbearer and squire of the royal body in Scotland. He holds 4801 acres in Stirling and 2673 in Lanark shires, valued at £2676 and £4076 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 39, 1869.

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