Ardgowan House Boundary Walls And Gatepiers, 29 And 30 Shore Road, 28, Port Bannatyne

Later 19th century. Symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay gabled, flatted house with single storey, single bay pavilions recessed to outer left and right. Whitewashed render; raised margins. Raised base course; corniced bowed windows at ground; overhanging timber bracketed eaves; king-post gableheads. Narrow strip quoins; chamfered reveals to architraved openings; sandstone mullions; chamfered cills; pilastered doorpiece. Harl-pointed random rubble sandstone at sides and rear; painted margins; rough render to rear pavilions.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 2-leaf timber panelled door centred at ground; round-arched fanlight; surrounding doorpiece comprising flanking pilasters, raised keystone, cornice, block pediment; round-arched window aligned beneath gable at 1st floor. 4-light bowed windows flanking entrance at ground; bipartite windows aligned beneath 1st floor gables. Bipartite windows centred in pavilions recessed to outer left and right.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: replacement 2-leaf timber door centred at ground in projecting bay beneath full-width canopy; flanking side-lights; round-arched window aligned beneath 1st floor gable. Bipartite windows at both floors in gabled bays flanking centre. Single window centred in advanced pavilion to outer left; timber panelled door and single window in advanced pavilion to outer right.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case glazing. Graded grey slate roof; some original rainwater goods. Corniced apex stacks to E and W; octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: low whitewashed coursed rubble sandstone wall enclosing site to front. Stop-chamfered, square-plan corniced piers; pyramidal caps. Decorative iron lamp-stands surmounting central piers; replacement pedestrian entry gates.