Customs House, Bowling Harbour, Forth And Clyde Canal

The Customs House at Bowling Harbour, built around 1800, is a two-storey, three-bay building with an attic and basement, designed in a symmetrical gabled Classical style. It serves as a canal office and residential accommodation, located at a strategic point at the head of the western entrance to the Forth and Clyde Canal. The exterior is finished in white harl with contrasting stone margins and band courses. A forestair leads to the entrance on the canal side, and there are a pair of piend-roofed attic dormers. The roof is covered with grey slates and features gable stacks. The windows are mainly 6-over 6-pane timber sash and case.

There is a later external stair at the rear providing access to the upper floor, along with a later porch that has decorative timber detailing.

The interior, last seen in 2013, includes offices on the ground floor and living accommodation above. The original room layout remains largely intact, featuring some internal details such as a timber fire surround, a timber recess, and an unusual bowed 6-panel timber door.

To the north of the Customs House is a square-plan brick store with a piended roof and a timber slatted door. The property is enclosed by boundary walls and gatepiers, including a coped wall to the south with a pair of capped square-plan gatepiers, and a low rubble wall to the west.