26 Silverwells Crescent, Bothwell

This is a largely Later 19th century house, with subsequent alterations and additions. It is an asymmetrical two-storey house originally of two bays, with a further two-storey addition to the rear (north). A decorative veranda with a raised walkway encircles the south end, constructed of cast iron and timber, and the house features deep, overhanging eaves. A square-plan tower with a pyramidal roof is set at the angle where the addition meets the main house, and a rectangular cupola rises from the rear block.

The house is built of weathered, stugged pink sandstone ashlar, with newer, cleaned pink sandstone ashlar used for the rear block. Polished ashlar dressings are present, along with a base course, decorative fringe, overhanging eaves with exposed rafters to the veranda, a banded cill course to the first floor, and an eaves course. Chamfered reveals and mullions appear on the five- and three-light canted windows to the right-hand side, while other openings feature plain mullions and surrounds. Long and short quoins are also present.

The west (entrance) elevation shows a three-bay original block to the left (south) end, with irregular additions set back on the north end. A timber-panelled door with a rectangular fanlight is on the ground floor, centrally positioned, with a single window above it on the first floor. Bipartite windows are found on each floor of the bay to the right. A single window is at ground level in an advanced bay to the left, and a three-light window is above it on the first floor. A lean-to porch with a modern door and window flanks the angle to the outer left. The north end is irregular with three bays. Modern iron steps lead to a part-glazed modern door with a rectangular fanlight on the first floor, centrally placed. A timber-panelled door and flanking window are at ground level below. A single, high-set window is in the angle tower to the right, and a round-arched stair window is in the square-plan stair block abutting the tower. A single-storey pitched addition is at ground level, in the bay to the outer left, with a glazed cupola above.

The south (principal) elevation features a single window at ground level in the bay to the left of centre, and a three-light window above it on the first floor. A wide five-light canted bay is at ground level to the right, with a corresponding three-light canted bay on the first floor.

The east (side) elevation is irregular, five bays wide, with the original two-bay block to the left and a three-bay addition to the right, arranged as 2-1-2. A modern glazed door is at ground level, with a flanking window in a gabletted bay to the centre, and a window is above it on the first floor. A carved patera sits below the bracketed gablet. A tall wallhead stack is above. Windows, some barred, are at ground and first floor levels in each bay to the right, with paterae over. A cupola rises above. A modern door with a rectangular fanlight is at ground level in the bay to the left, with a window above it on the first floor. A window is at ground level in the outer left bay, and a three-light window is above it on the first floor.

The north (rear) elevation has a lean-to brick addition with a small flanking window on the north wall of the addition, and a single-storey pitched addition with a window to the right.

The windows are predominantly timber sash and case with two and four panes. The roof is grey slate, piended in style, with slate also covering the additions and central tower. Ashlar coped stacks are unevenly distributed across the roof, and cast-iron rainwater goods are present. The interior was not inspected in 1997.

Three square-plan sandstone ashlar gatepiers with deep bases, corbelled friezes and foliate carved pediments support a decorative (replacement) wrought-iron gate, and a similar pedestrian gate is beside it. Low, droved sandstone ashlar walls with a curved ashlar cope enclose the property.