Coire Buidhe And St Ola, Strathyre

Coire Buidhe and St Ola are a pair of houses dating from the earlier to mid-19th century, located in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. These two-storey and attic buildings feature five bays, gabled porches, and dormer windows, all constructed with very neatly coursed masonry. Coire Buidhe, the three-bay house to the south, and St Ola, the two-bay house to the north, are separated by a ridge stack. On the outer left side, there is a pend door. The front elevation has a fairly regular arrangement of windows, which are framed with raised sandstone ashlar margins, while the building is accented with grey long and short quoins. The rear elevation is irregularly fenestrated and includes several ground-floor additions. Coire Buidhe stands prominently along the main road through Strathyre, contributing positively to the streetscape with its striking masonry detailing.

The materials used include squared, coursed local rubble with ashlar margins, and random rubble on the sides and rear, which is whitewashed. Coire Buidhe has a two-leaf timber-boarded front door, while St Ola features glazed 20th-century doors and a pend. The windows consist of 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case style, with plate glass in the dormer casements. The buildings have coped sandstone ashlar stacks with yellow clay cans and a roof covered with graded grey slate, along with some 19th and 20th-century roof lights.