Description

Earlier 19th century inn with substantial additions in later 19th century; modern additions at rear. Painted harl with painted stone margins and mullions. Piend-roofed bipartite dormers.

East (main) elevation: 2-storey and dormered attic, 3-bay main block to left (later 19th century); with original lower 5-bay wing to right. Main house with full-height gabled bay advanced to outer left, tripartite window at ground and first floor. Colquhoun armorial arms in squinch to left. Lower wing to right with a pair of bipartite windows at ground floor flanking a single window and two taller single windows to outer right.

South elevation: broad gable of main house, bipartite windows at ground and first floors to outer left.

Plate glass, 4-pane, 8-pane and 12-pane in timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof, lead flashings. Broad apex chimney stacks.

Interior: (seen 1997) modernised.

Statement of Interest

Groome's gazetteer claims that Coleridge, Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy passed the night here in on the 24 August 1803 and Queen Victoria changed horses here as she drove from Inveraray to Balloch.

Statutory address revised in 2016 with minor changes to listed building record. Previously listed as 'Luss Village, Colquhoun Arms Hotel'.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77771718

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)