Lorne House on Douglas Street in Castletown was originally called "Lorn House" and stands on land that had long formed part of the Abbey estate held by the Taubman family; it has even been suggested the site may overlie a keeill (early chapel), with the 1863 Ordnance Survey marking a "Site of Chapel" nearby, though no conclusive archaeological evidence has confirmed this. The house was built for Robert Cunninghame, son of William Cunninghame and Christian Taubman, who lived there until his death in 1832, with his widow dying two years later; on stylistic grounds the architect may have been Thomas Brine, who worked elsewhere in Castletown. With the house standing empty, Lieutenant-Governor Colonel John Ready leased it from 1834, needing better quarters after rooms at Castle Rushen were given over to the courthouse, and the island's governors continued to use it until 1860, when Governor Pigott's lease was not renewed and the government relocated to Douglas. The house later served from 1931 as a Christian Endeavour holiday home, was converted to investment company offices from 1972 with alterations to its facade, and was restored as a private residence from 2007 by the developer Roy Tilleard.