Slipway And Engine House, Balloch Pier, Drumkinnon Bay

The Slipway and Engine House at Balloch Pier, located in Drumkinnon Bay, was built between 1900 and 1901 by George Halliday of Rothesay, with engines supplied by John Bennie of Glasgow. This single-storey, four-bay winch house has a rectangular plan and features harled walls with red brick dressings and half-timbered gable ends. The building has a red brick base course, which is partially painted, a moulded cill course, and overhanging timber bracketed eaves. Red brick quoins and long and short surrounds frame the segmental-arched openings. The patent slip provides access to the loch to the northwest.

On the northeast (entrance) elevation, there are four bays with a large opening on the outer left that contains a modern metal door. The remaining bays to the right have blocked window openings. A rectangular ridge vent with louvred openings is centered above, beneath the overhanging timber bracketed eaves.

The northwest (side) elevation features a gable end with a large square-headed opening offset to the right of center, which contains a two-leaf boarded timber door. A gabled ridge vent is recessed above this opening.

The southwest (rear) elevation also has four bays, with blocked window openings in all bays and a ridge vent centered above.

On the southeast (side) elevation, there is a gable end with a large blocked segmental-arched opening at the center, along with a recessed gabled ridge vent above.

Inside, the engine house has red brick walls and an open timber ceiling supported by kingposts, tie beams, and braces. The engine, manufactured by John Bennie Ltd at the Star Engineering Works in Glasgow, consists of a pair of single expansion, double acting engines with a 20-inch stroke, mounted on a single bed-plate with a multiple-geared winch.

The slipway is constructed of timber and features four cast-iron rails on three longitudinal sleepers, sloping at a gradient of 1:18, which continues below the water level. The carriage consists of three timber longitudinals on wheeled bogies, totaling 262 wheels, though it was reported to be in poor condition as of 2002.