7 The Steadings, Church Road, Arrochar

Dated 1774 and 1776, with more recent reconstruction and alterations, 7 The Steadings is a former U-plan steading that has been converted into housing. The building is constructed of rubble with harl and cement pointing, with ashlar margins and dressings, and reconstituted stone margins.

The north-east (principal courtyard) range is a seven-bay taller building with moulded cornices above the outer doors. It now has modern boarded doors and windows, as well as modern rooflights. The south-west (rear) elevation has an irregular arrangement of openings, including one door and two loft windows set under the eaves.

The returns feature a tall gable with round-headed cart arches at the centre; these arches have been filled in to create windows. A narrow round-headed window is located in the gablehead, and at the apex is a pedestal and ball finial, accompanied by a 1774 datestone. A gable on the south-east elevation features a 1776 datestone.

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

The south-east range’s courtyard elevation is five bays, complemented by two symmetrically disposed slate-hung dormers. A rear range of four bays runs back, with a gable containing a round-headed window on the outer right.

The building now has modern plate glass windows and a grey slate roof with modern rooflights. Ashlar coping is present at the skews and skewputts. There are tall, coped apex stacks and ridge stacks.

The steading originally served Inverioch/Arrochar House, which is now the Claymore Hotel (listed separately).