Gates And Gatepiers, Including Boundary Walls, Dunselma Lodge, Shore Road, Strone

The property comprises a lodge, boundary walls, gates, and gatepiers, situated on Shore Road, Strone, within Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. The lodge originally served Dunselma, a house located immediately to the north. Dunselma and its associated buildings were constructed between 1885 and 1886 for James Coats Junior, designed by architects Rennison and Scott. The entire complex exemplifies the significant wealth of late 19th-century industrialists. The lodge enhances the built character of the shoreline and functions as an introduction to the main house's architecture. The interior provides a reflection of the main house’s details, notably a timber staircase and plasterwork featuring the Coats family crest and symbols.

The lodge features a double-gabled front elevation with a conical-roofed turret in the southwest corner. A round-arched central entrance is sheltered by a stone balcony supported on heavy consoles. Various window details are present, including a triangular bay with a stone roof and a canted bay with a crenellated parapet and decorated pediments. Architectural details from the main house, such as crowstepped gables and a corbelled tower, are repeated in the lodge’s design. The exterior stonework is of high quality, exhibiting animal carvings. The lodge was initially smaller; however, sections of the rear and southwest elevations have been raised to add a second storey, and a small lean-to shed has been attached to the rear.

The interior is notably elaborate for a lodge, incorporating an oak staircase and panelling, alongside fine plasterwork in several rooms. Designs incorporate a serpent, a motif from the Coats family crest. While some interior elements have been modernized—for example, the fireplace in the northeast reception room has been replaced—a significant degree of original detailing survives.

The lodge is externally harled with sandstone ashlar dressings. It has a grey slate roof with a stone ridge, and ashlar stacks topped with clay cans. Cast iron rainwater goods and timber sash and case windows with plate glass are present. One timber boarded outer door leads to an inner door with etched glass.

Low harled boundary walls with chamfered ashlar copes run along the front of the property. The walls are punctuated by square-plan ashlar gatepiers crowned with pyramidal capstones, which support heavy cast iron gates.