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Cumstoun House is a country house near Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

History
The Cumstoun estate has been a part of the Barony of Twynholm since at least the thirteenth century. A tower house, which survives as the ruined Cumstoun Castle, was first mentioned in a charter written in 1604 or 1605, and was probably built for Sir John Kennedy of Blairquhain in the fifteenth century. Around 1819, the estate was acquired by Adam Maitland; Thomas Hamilton built Cumstoun House in 1828 a short distance to the east of the now-ruined castle. In 1877 alterations were carried out by John Dick Peddie and Charles Kinnear; more significant remodelling and additions were performed by Kinnear and John More Dick Peddie in 1891. Further alterations were carried out for the Maitlands by Anthony Curtis Wolffe in 1954–1955.

The house was designated a Category A listed building in 1971.