Farmhouse

Loch Lomond And Trossachs National Park Planning Authority

19th century farmhouse and steading, probably incorporating 18th century fabric (see Notes). The farm comprises a 2-storey, 3 bay farmhouse, a single storey byre and bothy range to the S of the house, and a long steading range composed of a 2-storey barn flanked on each side by single-storey byre and stable. This is a good group of farm buildings dating from the 19th century that have been little-altered in recent times. Several stages of development are apparent in the buildings, reflecting the introduction of 'improved' farming methods that were introduced from the late 18th century onwards. The 2-storey threshing barn with a man-made bank built behind it to give level access to the upper floor is a particularly interesting feature (see below).

Farmhouse: probably circa 1830-40. 2-storey, 3-bay farmhouse of traditional style with 2-storey piend-roofed wing to rear forming L-plan. Symmetrical E (front) elevation with later porch to central front door. Fairly regular fenestration to rear elevation with later bipartite window at ground floor to centre. 20th century lean-to addition at NW corner with half-glazed timber-boarded side door. Coped ashlar gablehead stacks. Interior: the interior has been largely modernised, some original simple cornices remain to the 1st floor, 2005.

Barn, Stable Byre and Bank: probably late 18th or early 19th century, incorporating earlier fabric. 2-storey, roughly 5-bay building to centre (see Notes) with 3 doors to central and outer bays at ground and 2 doors to inner bays at 1st floor of E (front) elevation; central door and slit windows to W (rear) elevation; 3 slit windows with stone ledges below S gable apex; 12-hole dovecot with ledges below to N gable apex; agricultural roof lights; roughly-cut long and short quoins. 2-bay stable recessed to right with 2 roof lights and raised vent to roof. 4-bay former byre or dairy to left of barn with bays marked by brick buttresses; slightly lower byre with vented roof to outer left. Large, roughly semicircular bank to W of barn with intermittent boulder retaining wall to perimeter; foundations of former horse mill on bank, close to barn.

Bothy and Byre: single-storey piend-roofed range to S of house. 3-bay cottage or bothy at W end with central doorway and brick ridge stack; byre at E end with vented roof, timber-boarded doors and various walled-up openings (see Notes).

Materials: random rubble walls. Timber sash and case windows to house with predominantly 12-pane glazing; 8-pane glazed windows to bothy. Timber-boarded doors to all buildings. Cast-iron rainwater goods to all buildings. Graded grey slate. Yellow clay chimney cans to house.