1-4 Lochandu Cottages

1-4 Lochandu Cottages is a row of mid-18th century single-storey and attic former workers' cottages built for the Bonawe Ironworks. Originally constructed as eight cottages arranged in mirrored pairs, they have been converted into four dwellings. The cottages are made of rubble masonry, which is now painted white, and are located to the southeast of the ironworks, overlooking the furnace and Airds Bay to the north.

Each cottage features an entrance and an adjacent ground floor window in the principal elevation facing north, although the windows and doors have been replaced. The roof is pitched and slated, with chimneystacks on each end gable and one central chimneystack on the ridge.

The interiors have been substantially remodelled, including the removal of partition walls between each pair of cottages and the addition of staircases. There are also ground floor and dormer extensions to the rear.

The Bonawe Ironworks, operational from 1753 until 1876, was established by the Newland Company, later known as the Lorn Furnace Company. This row of eight dwellings was part of the residential accommodation for workers at the ironworks and is believed to have been constructed in the two years following the start of operations in 1753, making it the earliest residential accommodation on the site. Other properties, such as the manager's accommodation known as Bonawe House and an L-plan block of flatted housing now called Shore House, were built in the later 18th century. The structure appears on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of the area, published in 1875.