 Up until this acquisition it was enclosed by its original 3m high stone garden walls, but it was decided these should be replaced by open railings.Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novel "Set in Darkness", first published in 2000 is partly set in Queensberry House during the reconstruction for the new parliament building.The building is famously said to be haunted by the kitchen boy roasted and eaten by James Douglas, the mad Earl of Drumlanrig, in 1707.