1 The Steadings, Church Road, Arrochar

The Steadings is a former steading dated 1774 and 1776, which has undergone modern reconstruction and alterations and been converted into housing. It occupies a U-shaped layout. The building is constructed of rubble with harl and cement harl pointing, featuring ashlar margins and dressings, and reconstituted stone margins.

The north-east range, the principal courtyard frontage, is the tallest part of the building and contains seven bays. It features moulded cornices over the outer doors, and has modern boarded doors and windows, with alternating modern rooflights. The south-west (rear) elevation has an irregular arrangement of openings, including one door and two loft windows set under the eaves.

Returns display a tall gable, with round-headed cart arches in the centre, now infilled as windows. A narrow round-headed window is located in the gablehead, and the gable features an apex pedestal and ball finial, along with a 1774 datestone. A gable on the south-east elevation bears a 1776 datestone.

The north-west range, facing Church Road, is four bays wide and near-symmetrical, with four large, slate-hung dormers arranged symmetrically. The courtyard elevation of this range consists of six bays arranged as a three-bay house, with a central door flanked by windows and two symmetrically disposed dormers. A gable with a round-headed window is positioned to the outer left.

The south-east range has a courtyard elevation of five bays, with two symmetrically disposed slate-hung dormers. A four-bay rear range is present, with a gable featuring a round-headed window on the outer right.

Modern plate glass windows are fitted throughout. The roof is covered with grey slate and incorporates modern rooflights. Ashlar coping is present to the skews and skewputts, and the building has tall coped apex stacks and ridge stacks. The original steading served Inverioch/Arrochar House, now the Claymore Hotel (listed separately).