Bothy, Glenbranter Farmhouse

This is a late 18th or early 19th century farmhouse, located within Glenbranter Farmhouse in Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. It is a substantial, symmetrical 3-bay, 2-storey and attic building, accompanied by a small bothy at its southeastern end and a converted bothy to the northwest. The farmhouse is one of a series built in Strachur at that time, and remains in good condition despite some alterations in the early 20th century.

The New Statistical Account of approximately 1843 suggests Glenbranter farmhouse was constructed after the first Statistical Account of around 1792. Its layout—one room deep with few rear openings—indicates a construction date closer to 1800, and a house is shown at Glenbranter on Thomson's map of 1824. The northeastern front elevation is symmetrical, although the northwestern gable wall has been extended. The windows and central door are emphasized by slightly raised surrounds, representing the only decorative features. The attic floor is illuminated by two large, gabled dormers with slated cheeks. A gable-fronted former bothy has been integrated into the main house to the northwest with a lean-to structure. To the southeast stands the gable of a separate bothy. The southwestern rear elevation has no entrance and features four irregularly placed windows and a single, centrally located, piend-roofed dormer. A flat-roofed glazed addition extends from the western corner, providing access to the house through the northwestern block.

On early Ordnance Survey maps, substantial outbuildings were positioned behind the house, and these were extended further by the late 19th century. Forestry operations during the 20th century prompted the demolition of most of these outbuildings, leaving only a small remnant of the southeastern range.

The house underwent substantial renovation around 1915, primarily affecting the interior, according to sales particulars from 1920. Surviving internal features include late 19th and early 20th century hardwood shutters, joinery, decorative plasterwork, and timber boarding. Unusually, there is a second reception room on the first floor, also featuring decorative plasterwork. The main staircase is constructed of stone, with a timber staircase leading to the attic.

The farmhouse is built with painted rubble, with the side elevations harled. It has 4-pane timber sash and case windows on the front and predominantly uPVC windows to the rear. The main entrance features a 4-panel door with a narrow, rectangular fanlight. The roof is slate, with timber dormers. Stone gablehead stacks are topped with clay cans, and cast iron rainwater goods are present.

The separate bothy to the southeast is a single-storey, double-fronted structure with a central, timber-boarded door and a single window in each gable. It has a slate roof and a single gablehead stack.

Wrought iron railings and a pierced cast iron gatepier system support a wrought iron main gate and hand-gates. It seems likely that these gates and railings were relocated from the now-demolished Glenbranter House.