Woodend House, Loch Fad, Bute

Edmund Kean, 1824. Symmetrical, 2-storey, 3-bay classical house with single storey, single bay piended wings recessed to outer left and right. Painted harl; painted sandstone dressings. Raised base course; eaves course beneath corniced eaves; painted blocking course. Narrow strip quoins; painted margins; projecting cills; columnar entrance. Single storey, 2-bay rectangular plan outbuilding to rear; whitewashed harl; painted margins.

SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: boarded doorway centred at ground; surrounding doorpiece comprising flanking detached columns, plain frieze, cornice, block pediment, raised keystone; single window aligned at 1st floor. Single windows at both floors in bays flanking entrance; single windows centred in piended wings recessed to outer left and right.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: stair window off-set to right of centre; small opening centred at ground; single windows at both floors in bays to outer left and right. Boarded openings in piended wings to outer left and right.

Boarded openings at ground; 24-pane timber sash and case glazing at 1st floor. Graded grey slate piended roof; replacement rainwater goods. Coped, whitewashed wallhead stacks to NE and SW; octagonal cans; corniced wallhead stacks to piended wings; octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: interesting interior; particularly fine drawing room.

OUTBUILDING: single doors in both bays. Graded grey slate roof; lead flashings.