Endrick Cottage, Printers Row, Balfron

Late 18th century cottage, the birthplace of architect Alexander Thomson (1817-1875). Single storey with attic and flanking single storey piended outshot (now garage) and porch. 3-bay arrangement with central door and porch to roadside with flanking windows and central skylight. 3 windows to garden elevation with dominating modern flat-roofed attic extension above. Attic window in gable walls and gable stacks. Modern timber sash and case windows (plastic to attic extension). Rendered and white painted walls, slate roofs. Wide gables and steep pitch suggest an earlier thatched roof.