I so much prefer destroyed to demolished, conveys more of the needless loss.

I walked through the back of Dalbeth/St Peter's cemetery this afternoon, and was sure there was something wrong. Last time I was there (a year or so ago) I was sure there had been some youths working away near a big house there, but it was 'Off Limits' to the public. This time I found a car park and 'Wide Open Spaces'.

Sure enough, I hadn't been imagining things, and there had indeed been a Victorian type sandstone mansion on the spot, now just a piece of flat ground with a wall at the back, a grassy mound and some daffodils. Even derelict is better than flattened, someone might have wanted it.

I see tonight we/I am also paying the price for respecting copyright - there was a web sight that featured many old prints of Lost Glasgow Houses, I never 'stole' any of the images, and when I went to see if this one was pictured, guess what? The site is dead and gone, along with what was a great archive of hose illustrations!

As for Easterhill House, follow the link below, and use the options given at top left of the view to flip between Google and Microsoft VE views, and you'll get a 'then & now' view of the house... Folk must be dying to get in there, and they needed more space

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=55.838606&lon=-4.185382&z=19.4&r=0&src=ggl

No, you've not quite got your bearings.

As you drive in, you pass between the old caravan sales yard (Glen Caravans) and the lodge at the gate. Just past the caravan yard is a building on your left, inside a small boundary wall - this is the nunnery, Convent of the Good Shepherd, and which, as you note, was reportedly used for refugees. It seems to be a bit tidier than when I last saw it some months back. I have comparative pics, but haven't had a chance to look at them. Whatever, it's still there and  untouched, if looking unused.

Looking at the aerial views, you will find this 100 m to the north of the not Easterhill House site. As you'll see from the shot that shows the house, it was well buried inside a small wooded area, and I only saw it when I did because I was exploring the graveyard on foot, having worked my way south after discovering the Polish section of the grounds.

I don't know what you would class as a later construction, but if memory serves me at all, we are talking about Easterhill House being similar to Calderbank House. All I can recall from what I could see through the trees was steep roof and brown walls. There were workers/youths milling around so I wasn't able to sniff around or take pics that time, and didn't expect it to be razed - it certainly wasn't dilapidated from what I could see.

Always the same... write a post expressing ignorance, then find the answer's sitting under your nose...

For your delectation, Easterhill House:

http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/smihou/smihou037.htm

And, no, it was too long ago, and in too many trees for me to swear it is the same building.

Flash Earth lets you use the compass top right to spin the view to try and match the plan with the old view, but with a chunk lost in the trees, and the option of changes over the years, unless somebody can state a rebuild, then your guess is as good as mine