Shore House: Domestic Outbuildings, Shore House, Bonawe Furnace

Long, low range of one-storey buildings. Random rubble, part harled, originally with slate roof. Three doors allow access to the buildings. There is one window to the main elevation which is a later addition.

In 1752-3 Richard Ford & Company of Cumbria, later known as the Newland Company, established Bonawe Ironworks, negociating with local landowners for a supply of wood to provide charcoal for smelting. A kilometre long lade was cut from the River Awe to provide water power and a jetty built on the loch to receive iron ore, imported by sea from Furness in Lancashire and Central Scotland. The industry prospered and a community of local labour and English immigrants developed with workers housing and allotments built with grazing rights also allocated. Oak bark, a by-product of charcoal production, was exported, as for a time spun into a yarn by the workers' wives. By 1876 production at Lorn Furnace had ceased. (FA Walker)

September 2008: External inspection finds the building in poor condition. Brick repairs have been carried out to the north gable where the wall has collapsed. The building is not wind and watertight due to large gaps above the doors. The rainwater goods are lost or broken.

September 2009: External inspection finds this low key building neither wind nor water tight. Applications for change of use/ extension of existing store to form a dwelling and ancilliary studio were withdrawn Oct 2008 ref: 08/00420/LIB & 08/00368/COU.

20 September 2012: External inspection finds no significant change from the previous site visit.

11 October 2012: Building appears to be under offer, through agent Bell Ingram.