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The walled garden associated with Strathleven House – Link – was in existence in the 1820s, if not before; its features included a statue and sundial. When the Vale of Leven Industrial Estate was set up in 1948, the walled garden, like the house, was retained, and, for a time, it supplied flowers for other industrial estates, and fruit and vegetables for their canteens, but it fell into disrepair and was demolished a few decades ago.

The area in which the house stands was once known as Kirkmichael. Here, Levenside House, as it was originally known, was built c.1700 for William Cochrane of Kilmaronock; it is Palladian in style, and is probably the work of James Smith. The name of the house and estate was later changed again, from Levenside to Strathleven. The Strathleven Estate came to be very extensive; one portion, containing the house, was compulsorily purchased in 1947 by the Board of Trade, and, shortly thereafter, was developed into the Vale of Leven Industrial Estate (see Link for this). The remaining, more outlying, parts of the Strathleven Estate were sold off in lots in 1950.

Of the very extensive lands that came to be associated with Strathleven House – Link – a portion was compulsorily purchased by the Board of Trade in 1947, and was developed by Scottish Industrial Estates Ltd in 1948 to form the Vale of Leven Industrial Estate. At the estate's inception, Westclox Ltd and Burroughs Adding Machines had factories here, but they are now gone. Polaroid, a later arrival, lasted until 2017. The estate is used by a number of smaller businesses, and there are some vehicle depots.