Birken Hillock, Shore Road, Cove And Kilcreggan

Post 1865, later 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay, gabled, rectangular-plan villa. Whinstone and sandstone rubble with polished red sandstone margins and dressings; chamfered reveals; base course, pilaster strips, raised cills.

W (MAIN) ELEVATION: 3-bay asymmetrical main block with single storey service block recessed to outer left. Gable slightly advanced to left, tripartite window at ground; broad, pointed-arch window at 1st floor, timber mullions and transoms. Narrow door to right, 2-leaf, half-glazed vestibule door; modern square wooden dormer above. Bipartite window at ground right, pointed arch window at 1st floor. Single storey block to outer left, tripartite window.

E ELEVATION: 3-bay, broad stair window directly under eaves off-centre to left; window immediately to ground right, window at ground to outer left. Single storey, half-piend block to outer right.

Plate glass timber sash and case on main elevation; 12-pane timber sash and case windows on rear elevation, 12-lying-pane stair window. Grey slate roof, lead flashings, bargeborad. Red sandstone corniced chimney stack, octagonal cans. Projecting eaves, exposed rafters, timber bargeboards.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALL: ashlar gatepiers with sunken panel, pyramidal cap on fluted consoles.