(Former Poorhouse) Including Aros Cottage And Boundary Wall, Aros Building, Argyll And Bute Health Board Headquarters, Blarbuie Road, Lochgilphead

David Crow, 1861. 2-storey, 13-bay, symmetrical, gabled former poorhouse, with long 2-storey wings to N forming U-plan and incorporating separate cottage in courtyard (currently offices, 2012). Random rubble with contrasting smooth ashlar margins and quoins. Band course. Some simple timber bargeboarding; bracketted timber eaves. Single and bipartite window openings. Concrete harl to wings.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION): advanced central 3 bays with further advanced gabled central entrance bay. 2-leaf timber entrance door with fanlight above; flanking bays with tripartite window openings. Flanking recessed outer 5-bay sections with advanced gabled central bays.

INTERNAL COURTYARD: S ELEVATION: symmetrical. Central, lower gabled extension with advanced wings.

Predominantly single- and 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Corniced ridge and gable stacks.

INTERIOR: (seen, 2012). Comprehensively altered to provide office accommodation.

AROS COTTAGE: to N. Situated within courtyard. Single-storey, 6-bay cottage. Rubble with smooth margins. Bracketted timber eaves. Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slates; gable stacks.

Coped boundary wall to S with central path.