Stables in Glengowla West

Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, having slightly lower addition to north end with lean-to shed extension. Pitched thatched roof with scolloped raised ridge, low rendered chimneystacks and rendered verges. Rendered walls. Square-headed window and door openings with replacement fittings. Walling and roofing of addition similar to house. Lawn to rear of house and garden and yard to front. Shed opposite and at right angle to house has rubble stone walls and lean-to roof, with more recent concrete-walled shed attached to west having partly thatched roof. Road boundary is rubble stone wall with hedge, metal pedestrian gate with rendered piers, and more recent vehiculalr gate.

This is a good example of a typical thatched house of the district. The retention of a thatched roof and relatively small window openings helps preserve the vernacular character of the building. The gardens and road boundary serve to enhance the setting of the house and outbuildings.