1st Farming Era -- Robinson Family (1924 -- 2007)
Some time around 1924, the Robinson Family acquired the leasehold and then the freehold of Distillery Farm, Northfield, Annan, including the now redundant distillery buildings. At that time, the Robinsons were producing the (then) famous 'Provost' brand of porridge oats from their mills in Annan.
The maltings, kiln and mash house were eventually converted into a grain drying plant, possibly in the 1950s. Thankfully, this involved only minor alterations to the buildings. The bonded warehouses were used for housing cattle.
Unfortunately, it seems that the still house complex was either demolished or had collapsed by the 1950s, as had the pre-Johnnie Walker era bonded warehouses. Fortunately, we have some idea of how these buildings might have looked based on the plans lodged in the Doig Archive in Elgin and on the etching of Annandale Distillery presented in the 1st Edition of Alfred Barnard's 'The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom'.
Robert Robinson sold most of the land and buildings associated with Annandale Distillery to the Annandale Distillery Company Ltd in April 2007