Thistlebank House, Former Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society factory ('The Scotch Stores'), Sligo Road, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, BT74 7JY

Thistlebank House is a well-mannered late Victorian rubble-built former manager's house forming an integral part of the former Scotch Stores factory complex on Sligo Road, Enniskillen. The house features large Jacobean gables and an overall Highland lodge character. The complex originally belonged to the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society and was used for processing livestock. It is believed to have been built in 1893 to designs by Thomas Elliot, though the building's considerable length, differing roof heights, and varying levels of detailing suggest that some portions may have been added a few years later.

The house itself is positioned at the very northern end of the complex, at the Y junction of Sligo Road and Old Henry Street, with a small wedge-shaped garden in front enclosed by a low wall. It is two storeys set on a basement or semi-basement level, which due to the lower ground level of Sligo Road is only exposed to the east side.

The north façade is asymmetrical. At the centre is the main entrance, a panelled door with semicircular fanlight set within a semicircular-headed recess with smooth dressings. To the left are paired sash windows separated by a sandstone mullion. To the right is a canted bay with slated hipped roof and sash windows to each face. The first floor features two sash windows with vertical glazing bars (2 panes over 2) and segmental heads, each topped by a small decorative gable with a roundel panel. The right side of the first floor has a shallow bay rising to a larger decorative gable with similar roundel, containing a pair of taller sash windows with semicircular heads. All first-floor windows rest on a sandstone sill course.

The east façade, which faces directly onto Sligo Road, consists of a broad Jacobean or Flemish gable with stone coping and end corbels, incorporating a tall stone chimney stack. The gable is three storeys. At ground level (the basement storey) are two small sash windows to the left with security bars, and a low timber-sheeted stable door to the right (originally a window). The first floor (ground floor) has a pair of taller sash windows to the left (both 2/1) and a similar single window to the right (2/2). The second floor (first floor) has a pair of sash windows with semicircular heads to the left and a single sash window with segmental arch head to the right (all 2/2). Windows on this floor rest on a sill course.

The west gable is two storeys. The ground floor has a small window with modern frame and an adjoining timber-sheeted door with tall fanlight. The first floor contains two windows to the right, similar in size to the ground floor window but with sash frames (2/2). A door is located at the south corner where the gable meets the projecting wall of the factory. The gabled roof is slated with cast iron rainwater goods.

The broader complex is long and mainly two storeys, running roughly north to south and curving to follow Sligo Road and Old Henry Street. The building is irregular in plan, merging from the house at the north end through an office block (now containing shops and a church meeting space), then a larger plainer lower-proportioned block (the original factory proper, now containing shops, a snooker hall and other uses), then a long narrow block slightly taller and more ornate (possibly original warehouses, now containing shops, a bingo hall and restaurant), and finally plain flat-roofed extensions at the southern end from approximately the 1970s. To the west, the ground level rises so that much of the building is single storey on this side. A long narrow enclosed yard contains a long gabled outbuilding, also two storeys to the east and single storey to the west, with a tall square battered brick chimney at its south gable indicating it once contained a boiler or boiling house.

Much of the complex is constructed in squared rock-faced limestone (possibly lime-mortared) with smooth dressings and quoins. Considerable alteration has occurred in recent years, particularly to window and door openings and the application of modern signage, especially along the busy east façade fronting Sligo Road. Since the later 1970s the complex has been occupied with mainly shop and workshop units of various sizes, with new large window openings installed. Large modern extensions, possibly dating from the 1960s or early 1970s, are present at the south end.

The complex is believed to have been established in 1893 by the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society as a creamery and livestock processing facility with associated offices and a manager's house, designed by Thomas Elliot. The proportions and plainer façade of the middle factory section suggest it may have been added at a later date, though this is not certain. The complex survived as an animal processing facility until the mid to later 1970s, after which much was converted to shop units. The former manager's dwelling now serves as a private residence and is presently well maintained with some unusual interior features. The property is of local historical interest and industrial archaeological significance.