1, 3 Charles Street, Oban

Early 19th century. 5 X 9-bay, 2-storey range of symmetrical 3-bay houses in L-plan formation to W and S respectively. Random rubble walls with render except for E gable of S range. Stone stairs with solid stone balustrades to 1st floor of E house of S range, and in re-entrant angle of ranges.

S RANGE, S ELEVATION: 9-bay elevation of 3, 3-bay houses. Entrance doors at ground floor, bays 2, 5. Entrance doors to E house at ground floor beneath platt of external stair to additional entrance door at 1st floor.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: 5 bays, shallow projecting addition at bay 3 with horizontal window below eaves only, entrance door at 1st floor to side. Entrance door to S W house at bay 1st floor, bay 5.

W RANGE, W ELEVATION: 5-bay elevation abutting annexe of Argyll Hotel to N, bays 4 and 5 being end gable of house to SW corner. Entrance door to N house at 2nd bay, enlarged windows at bay 4.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: door to centre of N house at ground floor, low rectangular recess in projecting addition to right. 4-pane timber sash and case windows at ground floor, bays 1 and 3 of W range, E elevation.

Plate glass windows to E house, vertically boarded timber door at 1st floor entrance. Some timber lintels surviving. Modern 6-pane timber windows with hoppers elsewhere. Grey slate roof except for modern felt tiles to E house, cast iron gutters and downpipes. Blocked and rendered apex stacks to E house, with thackstanes.