Invermark Lodge

Invermark Lodge is a picturesque shooting lodge dating from 1852, designed by Wardrop and Brown, with later 19th-century additions likely by the same architect. The building is situated on a sloping site and is predominantly two storeys with a basement, incorporating some lower single-storey and attic sections. Its layout is roughly H-shaped, with a multi-gabled design featuring a conical-roofed tower (the lower portion of which is obscured by a later addition), deep bracketed eaves, gabled dormers, and canted bay windows flanking a balcony-verandah to the principal block.

The lodge is constructed from squared, coursed granite with polished granite ashlar dressings, and features a band course above the basement on the south elevation of the principal block. Long and short quoins are present, and the fenestration is somewhat irregular, generally arranged in bays with larger windows at ground level and smaller windows above.

The building comprises a roughly rectangular plan of interconnecting gabled blocks, with a long, stepped principal elevation facing south and an entrance to the north. A later U-plan service courtyard is located at the west end, with the head range forming a two-sided entrance courtyard. The advanced three-bay block at the right end of the south elevation has two-storey canted bay windows corbelled out to form gables at the top floor, and a central bay with a roofed balcony on the principal floor and a gabled two-light window to the attic. A flight of ten sandstone steps leads to the centre of the balcony. To the left of the main block is a roughly five-bay stepped elevation with two advanced gables, followed by a later two-bay wing recessed to the right, featuring a bipartite window on the ground floor, two gabled dormers to the attic, and a canted bay window corbelled out to form a gable on the east elevation. A conical-roofed turret rises from behind the northeast corner of the principal block, featuring a machicolated eaves course and narrow windows. The north elevation is roughly nine bays, stepped, with three forward-facing gables, gabled dormers breaking the eaves, and an advanced lower service wing to the outer right, with two dormers. A timber-panelled front door is situated in a gabled timber porch to the left, with an advanced chimney stack to the outer left. A regularly-fenestrated timber lean-to corridor runs along the ground floor of the service sections on the right. The service courtyard at the west elevation is a U-plan with an enclosing wall and two-leaf timber-boarded gates to the west.

The windows are timber sash and case, with a mixture of lying-pane, four-pane, and plate glass. Coped chimney stacks are topped with yellow clay cans, and most gables and dormers have ball and spike finials. The roof is covered with graded Scottish slate, and cast-iron rainwater goods are in place.

The interior features a half-glazed timber-panelled door to the entrance lobby. The entrance hall has a timber chimneypiece and cast-iron grate, with a circular cloak-room off the hall (at the base of the turret). A timber staircase has an octagonal timber newel and cast-iron barley-twist balusters. The dining room has timber-boarded panelling and a decorative timber chimneypiece. A butler's pantry includes cupboards. The kitchen is high-ceilinged, with some original shelving. Interior doors are timber-panelled, with fairly plain cornicing and timber shutters throughout, and timber chimneypieces with cast-iron grates are present in most principal rooms and bedrooms.