A compact Arts and Crafts block gives a carefully composed architectural front to a bakery whose shop remains part of everyday life at Invercloy.
Quick facts
- Date
- Circa 1900
- Architect / designer
- In the style of Sir John James Burnet; attribution not confirmed
- Type
- Arts and Crafts tenement block with ground-floor shop
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB13422)
- OS grid reference
- NS 01650 36003
Architecture and continuing use
The two-storey, three-bay block is harled and trimmed with red sandstone. A full-height canted window rises to a shouldered gable, while linked openings, multi-pane upper sashes, deep eaves and tall chimney stacks give the elevation texture. The statutory description records two flats above a ground-floor shop.
Its story
The building was erected around 1900 in an Arts and Crafts manner associated stylistically with Sir John James Burnet. The bakery business describes a much longer island tradition and has been run by the Keir family since the 1980s. National listing followed in 1994.
Why it is included
It contributes commercial continuity to the sample and shows how ambitious turn-of-the-century design could shape an ordinary shop-and-flat building.
What to notice
- Red sandstone dressings against the harled wall.
- The full-height canted window and shouldered gable.
- Multi-pane upper lights and deep eaves above the shopfront.
Reading the surroundings
The shop is a business rather than a museum. Visit only during current opening hours, keep doorways clear and do not treat the flats or upper floors as public.
Timeline
- Circa 1900 The Arts and Crafts shop-and-flat block was erected at Invercloy.
- 1980s The Keir family began the modern phase of the bakery business.
- 1994 The building entered the statutory list as Category B.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The design is described as being in Burnet’s style, not documented as his work. Shop fittings and altered ground-floor openings are later than the original fabric.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Wooleys Bakers, Brodick, LB13422 — Current designation status, statutory identity, official mapped point, date, fabric and significance.
- Wooleys of Arran: bakery and shop — Business-published evidence for the continuing bakery shop at Invercloy and the firm’s modern history.
- Trove: Wooleys Bakers — National collection entry for the designation identity, mapped location, related records and available archive material.
- VisitArran: Isle of Arran guide 2026–27 — Current island visitor context and directory evidence for Brodick services, hospitality and heritage destinations.
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