Description

Early 20th century. 2-storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan house. White-painted harl with painted ashlar margins and dressings.

Projecting eaves, exposed rafters; raised cills.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 3 symmetrical bays. Door at centre with flanking canted windows, bridged at centre by timber porch canopy and united by half-piend, slate roof. Windows symmetrically disposed at 1st floor, single window at centre, tripartite windows to outer left and right.

W ELEVATION: wallhead stack at centre; windows symmetrically disposed to outer left, blank to right. Small, half-piend, porch-door at re-entrant angle, boarded with 3-pane upper light.

6-pane over plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate piend and platformed roof; tall, harled and sandstone coped wallhead stacks; round terracotta cans.

BOUNDARY WALL AND RAILINGS: low rubble wall with ashlar slab coping, stepped to W, with arrowhead railings.

Statement of Interest

The house is built upon the site of Rhu schoolhouse, but dates from the early 20th century. It holds a prominent site in the village.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56624417

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