Manor Park Hotel

The Manor Park Hotel is an A-plan small mansion originally designed by David and James Hamilton in 1843, with substantial additions made in 1905 and 1910. Further additions in 1910 were principally by Fryers and Penman of Largs, and include a tall, square angle tower at the southwest. The building is two storeys over a raised, channelled and battered basement. It is constructed of polished ashlar with broad band courses, and the first-floor window margins are linked to both the cill and eaves bands.

The original house is symmetrically arranged. A porch projects obliquely, roughly northeast, from the re-entrant angle, supported by square columns and pilasters; it has a balustraded miniature perron, and a wall-head pediment with a domed roof light behind. There is a variety of window openings; some ground-floor windows have lugged and keystoned margins, others are architraved with consoled hoods, and some are 3-light windows with consoled hoods; full-height canted windows are present at either end of the west elevation. The balustraded tower of 1910 features a corbelled stair turret with a cap house. Mutule cornices are present throughout the building, along with corniced stacks and piended slate roofs.

The interior includes good classical ornament. The entrance hall has a circular balcony and dome, with Corinthian-columned screens leading from the balcony. There is also good ceiling and cornice plasterwork, especially around the dome and in the entrance hall. The dining room features a lightly-beamed ceiling and cornice with ornamental hanging grapes. A staircase, likely dating from 1905, has simple wooden balusters. The building was originally named St Fillans and later Blackhouse. It is designated a Category B building reflecting the impact of later additions.