1-8 Castlehill Mansions, Campbeltown

George Haswell of Inveraray, 1779-81. 5-bay, 2-storey (3-storey to rear) symmetrical classical former church, of rectangular plan with wing projecting to rear, converted to residential use circa 1985. Rubble walls with ashlar dressings and details, all painted. Base course, cornice at eaves. Raised margins to windows and corners, projecting cills.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 3-bay advance section to centre surmounted

by corniced pediment, blind bull?s-eye in tympanum. 2-tier square former belfry at apex with upper tier set at angle, pyramidal cap surmounted by urn. Flanking urns. Architraved entrance door at centre, approached by concrete steps with coped and rendered walls.

NW (SIDE) ELEVATION: 4-bay, 2-storey at 1st bay, with cill and lintel heights corresponding to principal front. 3-storey at 2nd to 4th bays, no window at 1st floor 4th bay.

SE (SIDE) ELEVATION: 4-bay, 3-storey 1st to 3rd bays, no window at 1st floor, outer left. 2-storey at 4th bay with cill heights corresponding to principal front.

SW ELEVATION: 6-bay, projecting wing at centre with 2 small windows at 1st floor. Single ground floor windows at flanking elevations, centring bays above. Single-storey additions to ground floor.

Timber sash and case windows to 2-storey section, 15-pane to ground floor, 12-pane to 1st floor. Modern glazing to 3-storey section and additions. Diagonally-boarded 2-leaf entrance door with modern hinges and handle, 8-pane rectangular fanlight above. Grey slate roof to main block, rear wing and addition. Lead platform and slight bell-cast to eaves of main block.

BOUNDARY WALLS: random rubble, rendered to road, ashlar coped with original urn and spear finial railing. Lined concrete gatepiers with caps.