Greenbank Including Boundary Walls, Lochgoilhead

Greenbank is a rectangular, three-bay, single-storey villa with an attic, built in 1848-49 as two flats. It’s a relatively unaltered example of local villa architecture, contributing to the character of Lochgoilhead, and is notable for its original design as a flatted villa, which is uncommon for the area.

The villa sits on a sloping site near the centre of Lochgoilhead, overlooking the loch. The west-facing front elevation has three bays and a central timber-panelled front door leading into a small vestibule, with a two-pane rectangular fanlight above. Above, three dormer-headed windows break through the eaves, all with overhanging sparred eaves; the central window is more detailed and is likely a later 19th-century addition.

The east-facing rear elevation features a 20th-century flat-roofed single-storey kitchen extension to the left. To the right are altered steps that originally provided external access to the first-floor flat. The central double window was formed from the original door opening during the villa’s conversion to a single dwelling; the exact date of this conversion is unknown, but the window’s design suggests it occurred in the early 20th century. Internally, the cornicing of the stairwell indicates that entry was originally gained from the half-landing.

Inside, Greenbank retains its original woodwork, including doors and architraves, as well as plasterwork, including ornate details on the ground floor and a consoled beam in the ground floor hall. The internal front door has two arched lights.

The villa is harled with a blue-green colour, accented by narrow white-painted stone quoins and margins. It has mostly timber sash and case windows, with 12 horizontal panes on the ground floor and 8 on the first floor. The pitched graded slate roof has overhanging bracketed eaves and two rooflights to the rear pitch. Two painted ashlar corniced gable-head stacks have mostly octagonal cans. The rainwater goods are mostly plastic.

A random rubble wall forms the boundary between the garden and the road.