Roman Court, 17 Boclair Road, Bearsden

Roman Court at 17 Boclair Road, Bearsden is a detached house built in 1912 by Glasgow architect Alan G MacNaughtan. It is a two-storey building with attic space, arranged on a rectangular plan with three bays, designed in the Edwardian Free style with influences from the Arts and Crafts movement. The house sits within a villa suburb developed in the early twentieth century.

The building is constructed of red brick, rendered and painted white at first floor level. The principal elevation presents a symmetrical composition with two A-frame gable cross wings, each featuring deep-set low roofs with overhanging eaves that sweep down to ground floor level. At the centre stands a recessed round-arch porch of pale stone with a central keystone. Above the timber front door, which displays carved motifs, the date '1912' is inscribed in embossed Roman numerals.

Tall rendered chimney stacks with mullioned brick copes project through the roof slopes on the east and west elevations, with two further similarly detailed stacks to the rear south elevation. Projecting brickwork marks the position of chimneys on the ground floor. A row of dormer windows breaks the eaves line on the east elevation. A single-storey outshot with a piended roof extends to the rear.

Windows are predominantly metal casement with multi-pane glazing patterns. The roof is covered in smooth red rosemary tile, with rainwater goods of cast iron, some replaced in uPVC.

The interior features a high-quality bespoke timber decorative scheme informed by Arts and Crafts design principles, largely contemporary with the 1912 construction date and substantially complete. Geometric and organic carved motifs appear throughout on doors, staircase, fixed bench seating and fireplaces. The main hall contains a keystone-arched fireplace with recessed shelving, timber-panelled doors and walls, recessed seating and carved door-pieces. The main staircase is L-plan, with square-plan full-height newel posts displaying woodcut capital detailing and complete timber panelling. Metal-framed windows incorporate bespoke fitted handle designs. The sitting room and dining room feature inglenook fireplaces with fixed timber seating and leaded, coloured glass windows showing figurative scenes in the rear recesses. Further timber fixtures include ornamental fireplaces with shelving and cabinetry, curved recesses, fretwork ceiling decoration, moulded architraves, wainscoting and polished wooden floors. The beamed ceiling effect may be a later decorative addition. Main bedrooms have semi-vaulted ceilings, whilst the third bedroom contains a timber-panelled alcove.

A curved pedestrian entrance of red brick fronts the house at the roadside.

The following are excluded from the listing: conservatory to the west, detached outbuildings to the east, and garage to the north.