Country estate in Kirk Patrick, associated particularly with Sir George Moore and his family.

Ballamoore belonged in the eighteenth century to Sir George Moore, merchant, shipowner and member of the House of Keys. An account of the Moore family describes it as his country house, to whose grounds and gardens he devoted considerable attention. His business interests were much wider: he owned or held shares in vessels trading overseas and was a partner in a bank in Glasgow.

Robertson listed Ballamoore among the principal estates of Kirk Patrick. He also noted Sir George Moore among those introducing improved agricultural practices, particularly in relation to turnips.

The family papers preserve much of the domestic life of the house. Ballamoore became a refuge for several of Sir George's grandchildren when the fortunes of his sons deteriorated. His daughter-in-law wrote from Ireland thanking him and Lady Moore for caring for her children while her husband Philip sought a new start in America.

Philip Moore wrote back after reaching America and offered to send his father a flowering shrub which had impressed him there — a magnolia — to beautify the gardens at Ballamoore.

The family's difficulties continued. Philip later returned from America and by the spring of 1786 was confined in the Marshalsea Prison in Dublin over a claim connected with the failed affairs of his brother James. Family correspondence repeatedly brought the consequences back to Ballamoore, where wives and children were supported by Sir George.

Sir George Moore died on 1 October 1787, aged seventy-eight.