Coire Ealt, Loch Eck

Loch Lomond And Trossachs National Park Planning Authority

Coire Ealt, a fishing lodge of c1908, is situated on the E bank of Loch Eck, surrounded by trees, with a burn immediately to the S. The single-storey lodge, slightly altered in the 1930s, retains features of both periods and remains a good example of a sporting lodge of the early 20th century.

The overall layout of Coire Ealt has changed little since it was built. Long and low, single storey with a dominant piended roof with overhanging eaves, Coire Ealt is rectangular in plan, with a small projection to the rear. The front (W) elevation is 6 bays wide, with the right bay projecting slightly and containing a wider picture window. The entrance is central, opening on to the central lobby/reception room. The side (N) elevation is 2 bays wide, including a garage door to the large internal garage. The rear elevation contains a small piended projection, with a rear door and outside toilet.

In c1930, when the present owner's family acquired the building, some internal alterations were carried out. A single room to the rear became the kitchen and dining room. The large rooflight over the main room was also inserted at this stage, to allow more light. A lean-to porch to the main entrance was also removed. Later, a second stack was removed.

Interior: a number of good features remain. The central reception room, opening directly off the main entrance, is fully panelled in teak, with window-seats to either side and incorporating cupboards for sporting equipment. The doors, which open off this main room to the bedrooms, kitchen and a short corridor to the garage, match the panelling. The principal chimneypiece is also in this room, brick-arched with timber seats. The bedrooms, with fitted cupboards probably of the 1930s, have small stoves, that to the main bedroom in a brick chimneypiece. Floors are herringbone - pattern timber. The bathroom fittings are of c1930 - Art Deco style bath and toilet with Vitrolite to the walls. The inside garage has built-in cupboards.

Materials: schist rubble, cement-harled to S and E. Timber multi-pane casement windows, boarded main door. Slate roof, single ridge stack. Boarded and glazed double garage door.