Robert Louis Stevenson Cottages, 3 Glenshee Road, Braemar

This is a later 19th-century, single-storey and attic T-plan cottage situated on the main road into Braemar from the south. It is one of the larger residential buildings in the village and contributes positively to the street scene with its traditional character. The cottage is constructed of granite rubble with tooled dressings. The symmetrical southwest-facing elevation features an advanced central gable with an arched opening containing a timber four-panel door, glazed upper panels, and a commemorative plaque. Above the door is a window. Gabled dormers flank the central gable, and further dormers are on the northeast-facing rear elevation and on the northwest and southeast elevations of the rear wing. Later additions include a garage to the northeast gable and a lean-to conservatory to the southeast elevation. Timber sliding sash and case windows are present throughout. Decorative bargeboards are on the southwest gable, and the roof is covered in grey slate with a tile ridge. Squat coped gable stacks have three short coped octagonal shafts.

The interior retains many original features, including functioning timber shutters, windows, skirting, and a staircase. The original room layout remains clearly discernible. A smaller building is shown on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map, although its relationship to the current structure is unclear. The building first appears in its present form on the 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey map. It displays characteristics common to the region, such as gabled dormers, decorative bargeboards, and octagonal stacks, and represents a good example of traditional construction methods. The cottage is historically significant as the residence of Robert Louis Stevenson, who, while spending the summer in the village due to his respiratory illness, began his first novel. The plaque above the door, installed by the Braemar Mutual Improvement Society, reads "HERE R L STEVENSON SPENT THE SUMMER OF 1881 AND WROTE 'TREASURE ISLAND' HIS FIRST GREAT WORK".