Description

1748. 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan house with modern single storey wing to right. Harled and painted rubble with painted ashlar margins and dressings. Base course, band course, quoin strips, chamfered reveals.

MAIN ELEVATION: later boarded wooden porch advanced at centre, blocking course, 2-leaf 6-panelled door. Window directly above, 2 flanking bays symmetrically disposed. Square dormers off-centre to right. Single storey canted bay advanced to outer right.

SIDE ELEVATIONS: blank with gable breaking eaves at centre, apex stack.

4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate piend and platformed roof, lead flashings.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

Drumfork House is now surrounded by new housing, but the house predated the development of Helensburgh. It is located on what was the ancient drove road from Loch Lomondside to Drumfork Ferry where cattle were shipped to Greenock.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17774668

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)