The Manse, Killin

The Manse, known as Invertay House, is a large house dating back to around 1744, with substantial rebuilding in 1806. It served as the manse for Killin Parish Church, which is listed separately. A map from 1783 shows a building in the same location, suggesting an earlier structure may have existed. A timber verandah and canted bay windows were added between the mid-19th century and the late 19th century. Invertay is considered an important part of the social and religious history of Killin, prominently sited within the village, and its originally simple classical style distinguishes it from other large houses.

The house is an L-plan building, with subsequent alterations and additions. The main, east-facing elevation is symmetrical, featuring a central entrance with a door flanked by tripartite canted bay windows on the ground floor. The bays are linked by a timber verandah which divides the ground and upper floors and features a decorative bargeboard. The outer bays have piended attic dormers, and there are substantial gablehead stacks. The rear, west-facing elevation has a lower projecting service wing to the right, alongside a lower, piend-roofed section set in the re-entrant angle. A small corrugated iron building is attached to the service wing.

The interior, though somewhat altered, retains good timberwork, including a timber staircase, shutters, a timber entrance screen with sidelights and a fanlight. The exterior is generally white-harled, except for the main elevation where the harl has been removed. The roof was recently re-tiled with slate laid in diminishing courses, replacing a previous modern felt covering. The windows are timber sash and case windows, typically with two panes over two panes.

The site is largely enclosed by a rubble wall with a rubble coping, featuring a pedestrian gateway to the southeast and a blocked entrance nearby. Invertay House ceased being a manse in the early 1960s. It is believed to incorporate fabric from the original manse, which was the home of Reverend James Stewart, translator of the New Testament into Gaelic.