Set in parkland, Brodie Castle is old but the family association with the area is even older. Malcolm IV first endowed the Brodies with their lands in 1160 and a Thane of Brodie is recorded in the reign of Alexander III. The castle was damaged in 1645 during the Montrose campaigns. The house contains fine French furniture, English, Continental and Chinese porcelain, and a major collection of paintings ranging from 17th century Dutch to 18th and early 19th century English watercolours and Scottish Colourists.