Bridgend House Hotel, 6, 8 Bridgend, Callander

Reputedly containing 17th-century fabric, Bridgend House Hotel is a long, low, near-symmetrical, two-storey and attic, six-bay rectangular-plan hotel with later alterations and extensions. The building contributes significantly to the streetscape and features 19th-century mock half-timbering on the principal southeast elevation. Door openings are located in the second and fifth bays, flanked by ground-floor windows, with first-floor windows set at eaves level. A pronounced base course runs along the entire elevation.

Historical records and maps suggest the building was originally a row of single-storey cottages which were raised and united in the 19th century to form the hotel. An adjacent building to the southwest was demolished in the later 19th century.

A 20th-century single-storey and attic house, forming an L-plan, wraps around the northeast gable and serves as the main entrance. Various 19th and 20th-century extensions are present at the rear, including a 19th-century rectangular-plan function room and a modern conservatory added in 2000.

Inside, ceilings are unusually low on both the ground and first floors. Two small former window openings remain on the ground floor, representing part of the original rear wall and illustrating the thickness of the walls. Some first-floor bedrooms have had their attic floors removed to create open space towards the roof, with the dormer windows remaining.

The exterior is characterised by white-painted rendered walls and black timber boarding arranged in geometric designs to the principal elevation, with exposed sections on the northeast gable. A mix of glazing styles are employed, including diamond-patterned 20th-century metal windows with top-opening ventilation panels in the ground floor bar area, timber multi-paned casement windows to the first-floor bedrooms, and timber sash and case windows to the dormer windows. The roofs are slate, with three canted dormer windows featuring overhanging gablets on the principal elevation. Gable apex stacks with shaped cans are visible on the southwest and northeast sides.