Balliemore Cottage

Loch Lomond And Trossachs National Park Planning Authority

Balliemore Cottage is the best example of type of the prefabricated timber homes built in this area in the later 19th century. The cottage is of local historical interest as well as being of relative rarity and picturesque quality. Balliemore Cottage is single-storey, piend-roofed, square-plan and timber clad to the exterior. It was originally symmetrical but has a later addition to the N.

Balliemore Cottage, built c1874, is symmetrical and square-planned with four rooms and a central chimney. The exterior is notable for the use of scalloping at the corners and on the window surrounds. The SW (entrance) elevation has a central timber boarded door and bipartite windows. The NW (rear) elevation has a timber-boarded lean-to extension, probably of the early 20th century, with a second entrance. The SE elevation is blank and there are two windows to the NE.

Interior: access to the interior of Balliemore Cottage was not obtained during the course of the 2004 survey. As with the identical cottage at Glenmassan, it is assumed that the central chimney serves 4 angled chimneypieces.

Materials: timber framing and cladding. Timber boarded doors. Timber sash and case windows; plate glass to the SW, 4-pane to the lean-to, otherwise 12-pane. Slate roof, brick central stack, clay cans.