Swimming Pool, The Glen

Circa 1854, late 19th / early 20th century alterations with mid 20th century change of use. Scottish Baronial, L-plan wall with ball finialled arching arm, angle turret to N and pair of canted adjoining single storey, square-plan changing rooms to W with crow-stepped pediment, terrace wall to SE; all surrounding teardrop-shaped swimming pool with circular plunge pool. Harled walls with plain ashlar coping and ball finials on stalks; similarly styled changing rooms with chamfered ashlar dressings; ashlar conical tower with moulded eaves course.

SW (POOL) ELEVATION: harled wing wall with turfed copes, small entrance to left leading to path with tall statue of kilted Highlander to left. Paved area (with flowerbeds) surrounding teardrop shaped pool with circular plunge pool to N (SE wall divided into 3 separate blocks): royal and pale blue mosaic tiled band to interior below flat overhanging coping; to exterior, harled ashlar walls with stepped entrance to left.

NW ELEVATION: to left, changing rooms: pair of angled walls with timber boarded door in each (studded with large decorative hinges) rising into crowstepped central pediment with large thistle finial surmounting, ball finials to outer angles of walls; to left return, changing room with paired windows; right return concealed by ball finialled wall terminating in conical Lorimeresque angle tower: door to front and rear with slit window overlooking flight of ashlar steps to rear of adjacent coach house.

NE (REAR/STABLE YARD) ELEVATION, SW FACE: very high wall (incorporating rear wall of former glasshouse range) with crowstepped gable end of coach house in built to left (with small window to left and adjoining angle tower to far left), rest of wall blind with steps to right leading to door in return of stable clock pend (with gabled dormer to right).

SE ELEVATION: small harled terrace wall with flat stone copes (overlooking Lion gates to garden).

Later 20th century plate glass glazing in timber frames to changing rooms; glazed slit window to N of tower. Conical fish-scale slate roof to tower terminating in spiked lead finial (no rainwater goods); flat-roof to changing rooms.