Edenmor, Garbhein Road, Kinlochleven

Edenmor, Garbhein Road, Kinlochleven

A detached house designed by A A H Scott in 1909, with minor later alterations. The building is of two storeys with an attic, arranged on a rectangular plan across three bays, with a small single-storey service wing attached to the west. The design reflects Arts and Crafts principles, expressed through its asymmetrical composition, tall external chimney stacks on the east elevation, deep projecting eaves, and a prominent two-storey canted bay window on the principal north elevation.

The exterior is constructed with harled render above lower sections of coursed Kentallen rubble. Concrete and artificial stone dressings are used throughout, with a band course of horizontally laid tiles marking the division between harled and rubble sections—positioned above the ground floor in some areas and beneath ground floor windows in others. Most windows have concrete cills, while the single-storey rear section and small service extension to the west are fitted with cills of horizontally laid tiles.

The north (entrance) elevation features a semicircular-plan stone step leading to the central entrance, which is framed by an artificial stone architrave with chamfered jamb reveals and a projecting flat artificial stone canopy. The door is an early 20th-century panelled timber door with three leaded lights at the top, set beneath a rubble relieving arch. To the left stands a flat-roofed, two-storey three-sided canted bay window with timber mullions and slate-hung cladding between storeys. To the right is a tall stair window at first-floor level, with a single attic window above in the gable. A further three-sided canted bay window, with harled mullions and a piended slate roof, sits at ground-floor level to the right; this was inserted in 1930.

The south elevation includes a late 20th-century single-storey brick and weatherboarded lean-to extension to the right, with its entrance at the left return. A pair of windows sits to the left, comprising a segmental-headed two-light window with timber mullion, with another segmental-headed window adjacent. At first-floor level, a pair of two-light windows with timber mullion is located above, topped by a single window in the gable. A small boxed dormer window is positioned immediately to the left of the gable. A single-storey section with a catslide roof projects forward slightly to the left, furnished with a pair of small windows with tile sills. To the outer left stands a single-storey boarded timber service extension set back slightly, featuring a panelled timber door with glazed upper panels to the right, a small window to the left, and a wide window at the outer left.

The east elevation displays a pair of segmental-headed windows to the left of the ground floor with a matching pair above. Externally projecting chimney stacks rise between and to the right of these windows, each with a slated section extending from the roof to the rear.

The west elevation contains a pair of two-light windows with timber mullions at ground-floor level, with an identical pair above, and an arrowslit opening in the gable. The gable continues downward as a catslide roof to the right side, where it meets a single-storey boarded timber service extension that projects forward at right angles. This is adjoined by a harled single-storey extension constructed in 1920, which extends at right angles to the left, with a single narrow window with a tile sill at its left return end wall. Two boarded timber doors face onto the rear, with a two-leaf boarded timber door and a ventilated opening at the left return of the boarded timber extension.

The windows are predominantly multi-pane timber horned sash and case units, except for a 24-pane timber casement window in the timber service extension. The roofs are finished in grey Ballachulish slate, with piended roofing over the harled section of the service extension. Tall coped externally projecting wallhead stacks, with coursed rubble bases and harled render above, rise from the east elevation. A single harled ridge stack with round cans serves the main building. Cast-iron rainwater goods are retained.

Internally, the layout remains largely intact. The main entrance opens into a hallway, with the dining room to the left featuring decorative plasterwork with a border of fruit and foliage to the ceiling. Internal doors are panelled timber with aluminium handles.