Craigtoun Park Island, Bridge

Paul Waterhouse, circa 1920. Picturesque group of 4 buildings set on large man-made island and boating lake at Craigtoun Park. Roughly oval-plan comprising gatehouse, summerhouse and loggia, boathouse and pavilion; boundary/retaining walls with courtyard to centre. Brick construction with white harl render and painted dressings. Timber doors. Red pantiles to roofs. Island accessed by narrow hump-back bridge of hammer-dressed rubble with ashlar dressings. 3-arches with large cutwaters.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: Franco-German style GATEHOUSE to N; 2-stage with segmental arched gate and piended roof, surmounted by rotunda with conical-cap. Timber stair to interior.

L-plan SUMMERHOUSE to NW with conical-capped circular tower; 3-bay, columned LOGGIA extends to right and tripartite-windowed outshot to left, both with piended roofs. Curving timber stair to upper floor within summerhouse tower.

Italian Baroque influenced BOATHOUSE to S: 3 circular windows to each flank; arched watergate with massive 'console' keyblock; Doric columned and quoined angles with urn finials and shaped gables.

Square-plan Italianate PAVILION to E with pyramid roof and picture window.