Callander, 38 Main Street, The Eagle Hotel

Of very good local interest being an early 20th century landmark building occupying a key corner site at the junction of Main Street and Bridge Street. Built as a hotel, the Eagle's building materials and 'Queen Anne/Old English' style set it aside from anything else built in Callander.

The Eagle is no longer run as a hotel, the basement and majority of the ground floor is currently run as a golf shop, (2004) with the rest of the building being privately owned. It is the only red brick 'Queen Anne style' building in Callander with some similarities to work by John Allen in Stirling (see separate listings).

Callander by the early 20th century was full of guest houses and hotels with 'The Eagle' very much standing out from it competitors by its look alone. The building has been designed so that its main features are concentrated on the elevations which face along the Main Street towards the former railway station. The former Ancaster Arms built in a restrained Baronial style (see separate listing) is situated to the opposite side of the Main Street. It is interesting to note the difference in design of these 2 buildings despite there comparatively similar dates. The SE elevation which faces E down the Main Street is largely blank, it is possible when built it was expected that a building would most likely fill the adjacent gap site, this however has not been the case. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)