6 The Steadings, Church Road, Arrochar

This is a former 1774 and 1776 steading, later converted into housing and arranged in a U-plan. The building is constructed of rubble with harl and cement harl pointing, with ashlar margins and dressings, and reconstituted stone margins.

The north-east range, which faces the principal courtyard, is the tallest and has seven bays. It features moulded cornices above the outer doors. It now has modern boarded doors and windows, and alternating modern rooflights. The south-west elevation has an irregular arrangement of openings, including one door and two loft windows set under the eaves.

The returns have a tall gable, with round-headed cart arches at the centre that have been infilled as windows. A narrow round-headed window is located in the gablehead. The gable is topped by an apex pedestal and a ball finial, with a 1774 datestone. A gable on the south-east elevation bears a 1776 datestone.

The north-west range, which fronts Church Road, is four bays wide and nearly symmetrical, with four large, slate-hung dormers arranged symmetrically. The courtyard elevation of this range shows six bays, composed of a three-bay house with a central door and flanking windows, alongside two symmetrically disposed dormers. A gable with a round-headed window is positioned to the outer left.

The south-east range has a courtyard elevation of five bays, with two symmetrically disposed slate-hung dormers. A four-bay rear range is present, with a gable featuring a round-headed window to the outer right.

The building now has modern plate glass windows, and a grey slate roof with modern rooflights. It also features ashlar coping to the skewbacks and skewputts, tall coped apex stacks, and ridge stacks. The former steading originally served Inverioch/Arrochar House, which is now the Claymore Hotel (listed separately).