Upper Ericstane, 56 Williaw Street, Helensburgh

Mid 19th century, additions and alterations by Duncan McNaughtan 1878 and 1901. 2-storey, 3-bay gabled villa with lower 2-storey block to (N) rear. Rendered to S elevation, harled to N, cream sandstone ashlar dressings. Ashlar mullioned windows; chamfered arrises; quoin-strips.

N (MONTROSE STREET/ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3 symmetrical windows at ground and 1st floor; windows to centre narrower than flanking windows; 3 windows at ground with decorative iron window guards and small bipartite window to outer right with multi-pane glazing; window to centre at 1st floor flanked by semi-circular oriel windows. Fine doorcase to enclosed stair and side (W) entrance to villa; cream ashlar; 1/2 glazed lead pane door, stop-chamfered arrises with roll-moulding and scrolled skewputts. Low screen wall to right (see below).

Enclosed stair with half-timbered base, timber transomed round-headed lights above with leaded panes, lean-to roof.

Doorway to S; ashlar balustrade, pier with ball finial; 1/2-glazed door with leaded panes.

Single storey wing to outer left, recent modernisation of older service block.

S (GARDEN) ELEVATION: 2 bays recessed to left, doorway to right with fanlit 2-leaf glazed doors; tripartite window in slightly advanced squared bay to left. Basket-arched French window in slightly advanced bay to right at 1st floor, ogee-headed window set in advanced gabled bay breaking eaves to left, decorated bargeboard. Iron baslcony at 1st floor suppported on 3 cast iron columns. Slightly advanced taller gabled bay to outer right with full-height canted windows, corniced at ground floor, piended slate roof.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: gagbled, 3 bays; narrow window to centre at ground and 1st floor; blinded windows to outer right; enclosed stair to left; narrow transomed window to right with leaded pane glazing; window at 1st floor above. Lower gabled bay to outer left, window at 1st floor.

E ELEVATION: gabled, window to right at 1st floor.

Plate glass and 4-pane sash and case windows; decorative glazing to French window, curved glass to oriels with fixed multi-pane above. Grey slate roof, ashlar corniced stacks, original cans, some original rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen.

SCREEN WALL AND BOUNDARY WALL TO MONTROSE STREET: low ashlar coped rubble wall with ashlar balustrade; taller semi-circular coped rubble boundary wall to right.