Elderslie Hotel, Broomfield Place, Largs

Possibly David and James Hamilton, Architects. Earlier

19th century Tudor Gothic asymmetrical house, 2 storey

over basement on battered plinth. Polished ashlar. South

elevation 4 bays wide, Tudor-arched entrance with hood-mould

and crenellated blocking course. Canted ground floor window

in gabled right bay with Gothic traceried upper lights;

crenellated parapet; tripartite above. Tall, 8-pane

sashes in 2 recessed bays to left; 1st floor windows with

lying-pane glazing, blind window to left. Cornice, 2 pairs

of octagonal wall-head stacks on corbelled plinths.

Recessed modern single storey 3-bay extension to east is

harled, with crenellations. Similarly detailed west

elevation has 5 bays, right bays advanced and gabled canted

windows to each floor at right, upper windows set back;

left bay advanced with canted ground floor window, upper

sashes with Gothic tracery; 1st floor window in shallow

advanced bay with crest in central pediment above parapet.

Cornice and crenellated parapet over inner bays. All single

windows with hood-moulds, crests in gables and decorative

stone finials. Clustered ridge stacks.

Slate roof. Built on raised terrace with vermiculated

retaining wall and pierced balustrade. Chamfered square

corniced gatepiers