Green Den

Green Den is a villa dating to around 1900, designed by George Gregory, built in an irregular plan with Colonial detailing. The construction is of coursed pink rubble granite with pink sandstone ashlar dressings. The windows are mullion and transom style, with swept overhanging eaves.

The north (entrance) elevation features a segmental-arched doorway with a panelled door featuring a glazed upper panel and a fanlight above. Two three-light windows flank the doorway on the right side. An advanced pavilion to the outer right has a single stained-glass window and a polygonal corner tower. Another advanced pavilion to the outer left features a four-light canted window.

The east elevation has a three-light window projecting centrally. A doorway in a bay to the outer right leads to a two-leaf panelled door with glazed upper panels. The roof sweeps down to form a veranda, supported by timber columns and balustrades. A single window is positioned within a recessed wing to the outer left, with a lean-to conservatory / greenhouse in front.

The west elevation has a central doorway with a panelled door, glazed upper panels, and a small-pane fanlight. A two-light window sits to the outer right, and a polygonal tower adjoins the angle to the outer left.

The south elevation features an advanced wing to the outer right, with a doorway and two single windows to the outer left. A variety of window types are present, including timber casements and sash and case windows, with glazing patterns including diamond-leaded and small-pane glazing. The roof is of grey slate, piended in shape, with panelled and corniced stacks offset from the ridge. It includes tapered terracotta cans, decorative terracotta ridging and finials, and three piend-roofed dormers (two to the north and south, and one to the west).

The interior includes panelled doors, panelled surrounds and aprons to windows, plain moulded cornices, and fireplaces that include a bolection-moulded timber fireplace and a Glasgow-style timber fireplace with attenuated columns supporting the mantelpiece. Reeded columns frame a fireplace recess, and built-in bookshelves and cupboards flank the stained-glass window.

The building is listed at category B, acknowledging the quality of the interior work. References are made to a newspaper article in the Mearns Leader from 4/11/1927.