10 Dalry Road, Beith

Snodgrass, builder, circa 1870. 2-storey 3-bay villa with Baronial details. Crowstep-gabled bay to L with canted bay to ground, tripartite window above with columnettes and centre round-arched window, triangular hoodmould over; bay to R with bipartite window to ground, round-arched window with gabled dormerhead above. Square, corniced and crenellated tower in re-entrant angle; door in roll-moulded surround. Battered base course; stugged coursed honey sandstone.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: 2 bays with single storey flat-roofed section in re-entrant angle to L; gabled bay to R with gabled dormer to return. Single storey service wing to R.

SE ELEVATION: crowstep-gabled to L with 1st floor bipartite window in raised panel; single storey flat-roofed bay to R with bipartite.

NW ELEVATION: bay to R with gabled wallhead stack; single narrow bay to centre with gabled wallhead dormer; bay to L with bipartite to ground, window above. Single storey service bay to outer L with door and window.

UPVC replacing timber sash and case plate glass windows. Grey slates. Cast iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: some good original fabric survives including timber panelled doors and plasterwork. Drawing room: white marble Gothic chimneypiece with coloured marble columns; decorative plaster ceiling; panelled window embrasures with flanking timber pilasters. Morning room: oak parquet floor, interwar scheme of dark wood panelling and dark tiled chimneypiece. Former dining room: ceiling rose; dado; timber chimneypiece. Timber staircase and balustrade with unusual Gothic timber part-glazed screen (later replacement glass) at half-landing.