Loch Katrine Royal Cottage Aqueduct Intakes

Loch Lomond And Trossachs National Park Planning Authority

John F Bateman, 1856-9; extended 1895-1900, James M Gale; heightened 1919 (probably J R Sutherland) (see Notes for details on sequence of alterations). Pair of oval intake basins within sluice / retaining wall projecting into loch. Coursed bull-faced sandstone, possibly with mass concrete core.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: battered sluice / retaining wall projecting into loch with canted sides; parapet and broad, flagged walkway to top of retaining wall with 8 sluice valves (3 to W basin, 5 to E basin) dated 1900 by Glenfield & Kennedy of Kilmarnock; sluice openings at base of wall between stepped buttresses to inner side. Stone steps at both ends to 2 oval intake basins at lower level bisected by central gangway containing filter mechanisms. Round-arched exit channel to each basin with prominent voussoirs, heavy pilaster buttresses and shallow pediments over commemorative plaques; iron grill to each opening bearing Glasgow coat of arms. Rubble retaining wall to land side. Circa 1900 tubular cast-iron railings to all footways with ornamental flower motifs to heads of uprights; circa 1860 cast-iron railings with square-plan tapered uprights at top of land-side retaining wall. Retaining walls to loch extending to E and W of intake. Subterranean chamber to W of intake.