Hope Lodge, Bridge Of Weir

Designed by Robert A Bryden, probably soon after 1894, as Lodge to Bridge of Weir Hospital. English vernacular (detail like that of the residence at the hospital main gate), 2-storeyed with ashlar and brick at ground floor, timber-framed plastered walls at first floor, slate roofs with red ridging tiles. L-plan main entrance front with roof swept over open porch occupying angle, gable end of each arm of the house with canted ground floor window, corner brackets support angles of jettied upper floor resting above. Boundary wall to roadway with piers and gatepiers; decorative wrought-iron gates and railings.