Inverleven, Garbhein Road, Kinlochleven

Inverleven is a two-storey detached house built in 1909 for the British Aluminium Company by A.A.H. Scott. It is located on Garbhein Road, Kinlochleven, and is designed in an asymmetrical Arts and Crafts style, featuring a swept gabled roof and a two-storey canted bay window to the north (principal) elevation.

The house is constructed of coursed Kentallen rubble to the ground floor, with a harled upper storey and stone and artificial stone dressings. A band course of horizontally laid tiles runs along the first-floor cill level, just below the windows. Concrete cills are present on the windows.

The north (entrance) elevation has a semicircular stone step leading to the entrance, which features an artificial stone architrave with a rubble relieving arch above, incorporating a diamond-shaped stone. A panelled timber door with a glazed top panel and rectangular fanlight is set within this arch. A single window sits above the door, and a small segmental-headed window with a timber mullion is to the left. To the right is a flat-roofed, two-storey, five-sided canted bay window with timber mullions. Leaded facing between the storeys features an embossed diamond pattern of four diamonds in the centre. An arrowslit is located within the gable.

The south elevation has two segmental-headed windows to the outer left. A boarded timber door is to the left, and a partially glazed timber door is to the right. Two segmental-headed windows are positioned to the right, with the outer-right window having three lights and timber mullions. Three regularly spaced windows are on the first floor. An arrowslit is within the gable.

On the east elevation, two segmental-headed, two-light windows with timber mullions are present on the ground floor, along with a pair of small windows centered on the first floor. The west elevation displays a segmental-headed, three-light window with timber mullions centrally on the ground floor, with a shorter three-light window with timber mullions above it. Three small ground floor windows are to the right.

The windows are mostly multi-pane, horned timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered in grey Ballachulish slate, swept at the eaves, and features a pair of harled, coped ridge stacks with round cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods are fitted.

A partial inspection in 1998 revealed that the interior layout largely remains intact. The entrance opens into a hallway with a timber beamed ceiling and a quarter-turn timber staircase with rectangular-plan newel posts and balusters. The rear dining room also has a timber beamed ceiling. Original panelled timber doors with aluminium handles remain, along with original fireplaces on the upper floor. Quarry tiled floors are found in the hall and kitchen.