Romanhurst, 18 Boclair Road, Bearsden

Romanhurst, 18 Boclair Road, Bearsden

An early 20th-century house of two storeys arranged on a ten-bay rectangular plan in Old English style. The building is constructed of white harled and red brick, with predominantly tile-hung first floor. Timber margins define the elevations, and a brick base course runs along the rear. The gables are tiled with some featuring timber barge boards, and the rafter ends are exposed. Timber mullions and transoms are used throughout the fenestration.

The principal north-west elevation features an advanced glazed gabled porch positioned right of centre at ground level, rendered in half-timbered construction with herringbone brick pattern infills and decorative barge boards. The porch opening is pointed-arched with metal studs, flanked by 12-pane leaded windows set within pointed trifoliate arches, a motif repeated at the north-east return. To the left stands a 12-panel segmental-arched timber door with glazed upper panels and leaded window. Above the porch sits a bipartite window at first floor level. A 5-light window sits left of the porch at ground level, with a matching 5-light window aligned above at first floor. An advanced broad red brick full-height canted bay projects to the right of the porch, squared at the eaves, containing a tripartite window at ground, a 4-light window centred at first floor, and bipartite windows to its returns. A 4-light window sits in a bay to the outer right at ground level, with a 6-light oriel window aligned above at first floor. Three bays advance toward the outer left, featuring a pair of windows right of centre at ground level, a tripartite window to the left at ground, and a bipartite window aligned above at first floor. The south-west return comprises three bays, with a piended roof stair tower breaking the eaves in the penultimate bay from the right. A window is centred at first floor within this tower. A service entrance with timber door and glazed upper panel sits to the right at ground level, with a carriage lamp centred above and a window aligned above at first floor. A further window sits to the left at ground floor.

The south-west elevation features an advanced 6-light window centred at ground level and a 4-light window centred at first floor.

The north-east elevation comprises five bays with five irregularly-spaced windows at ground level. A tripartite window is positioned left of centre at first floor, flanked by a 4-light window to the left and an oriel window further left with glazed returns.

The south-east (rear) elevation spans eight bays. At ground level, a recessed five-bay loggia occupies the right of centre, comprising round-arched timber openings with metal studs and red brick walls to the outer openings. The loggia is surmounted by a half-timbered frieze with red brick herringbone pattern infills and steps to the garden. To the left of the loggia stands a full-height canted bay, squared at the eaves, containing a 2-light window at ground with glazed returns and a 2-light window at first floor with glazed returns. A 6-light window at the outer right at ground level turns the corner onto the adjacent elevation. A 4-light window sits at the outer left at ground level with a glazed return at the south-west elevation. At first floor, 4-light windows are positioned at the centre and right, with bipartite windows to the left of centre and outer left.

Multi-pane leaded windows feature throughout. The roofs are covered in Rosemary tile with jerkin-headed pitches. A bipartite piended dormer is present. Cast-iron rainwater goods are fitted. The ridge stacks are white harled, coped, and topped with circular cans.

The interiors were not inspected at the time of recording in 1998.

The boundary walls are constructed of red brick laid in filigree chequerboard pattern above dado-height panels. Two pairs of square-plan corniced decorative gate piers mark the entrance, with metal plaques reading 'Romanhurst' and '18' incorporated into the outer right gate pier. Vertically-boarded timber gates complete the boundary.