Entrance Block, Scottish Churches House, Kirk Street, Dunblane

Earlier 19th century; refurbished 1960. 1 of 3 components which combine as Scottish Churches House (see separate listings for North and South Terraces). 2-storey; 3-bay; terraced house; converted as part of residential conference centre with internal walls knocked through to accommodate linking passageways, 1960. Symmetrical design with regular fenestration. Principal elevation coursed red sandstone rubble with yellow droved sandstone and ashlar dressings; red sandstone rubble with red sandstone dressings elsewhere. Architraved openings (with long and short surrounds) to principal elevation; base course and moulded eaves cornice. Coped gables.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central round-arched entrance in panel, recessed within architrave; batwing astragalled fanlight; replacement door. Flanking windows to each floor and above.

E ELEVATION: rectangular-plan stair tower projects to centre; central stair window; entrance with inserted concrete lintel to right return. Altered/inserted window set back to right of 1st floor. Later 20th century timber flat-roofed passageway (linking to separate building) projects to left of 1st floor; ground floor window set back below.

12-pane timber sash and case windows to principal (W) elevation. Grey slate roof (that to stair tower piended). 2 large Velux rooflights. Harled coped gablehead stack at either end (N and S.

INTERIOR: modernised and connecting passageway inserted running N/S. Original winding stone staircase with plain cast-iron balustrade intact to rear of central entrance hall.

ENTRANCE GATEWAY AND BOUNDARY WALL TO W: low coped coursed sandstone rubble wall (formerly surmounted by railings) with central entrance gateway: square-plan piers with pyramid coping.