Nos 1, 2, And 3 Montrose House (Formerly Known As Montrose Home), Balmaha

Montrose House, built around 1891 and designed by Robert Bryden, is a square-plan villa located in Balmaha within the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. This single-storey building with an attic and a single-storey service wing was commissioned by the Duchess of Montrose as a holiday home for underprivileged children from Glasgow. It is situated on an elevated site and was divided into three flats in the late 20th century. The house adds to the character of the streetscape in Balmaha and holds historical significance as a philanthropic structure.

The ground floor features a restrained design with a chamfered base course, mullioned double windows, and a string course above. The steeply pitched roof is accentuated by gable-roofed dormers that break the broad bracketed eaves. The entrance front, which has three bays, includes a central timber-panelled door with a moulded surround. The left bay is slightly advanced and has a steeply piended roof, a feature also found on the left bay of the east elevation. On the west side, hidden from the main approach, is a single-storey former service wing. The rear elevation has a central non-traditional door flanked by advanced piend-roofed bays with dormer-headed windows on the first floor, alongside the service wing on the right.

Inside, some original joinery remains in Flat 1, while access to Flats 2 and 3 was not gained in 2004.

The building is constructed from snecked bullfaced red sandstone and rubble whin with sandstone margins at the rear. It features non-traditional timber and uPVC windows, piended roofs covered in graded slates, terracotta ridge tiles, and finials, as well as corniced sandstone ridge stacks.