Description

Earlier to mid 19th century (circa 1840?); rehabilitated 1985. Near-symmetrical terrace of 3 2-storey with attic plain classical style flatted houses; Nos 17 and 19 3-bay; No 21 4-bay with 3 return bays to Union Street (Colbeck Place); red brick external stairs to 1st floor flats at rear Nos 17 and 19; internal stair to 1st floor flat No 21. Predominantly red rubble sandstone with heavy cement pointing; raised margins (painted at ground to Union Street). Raised base course; tooled long and short rubble surrounds to openings; projecting cills. Extensive stone repair to No 21 at ground to Russell Street; harl-pointed random rubble at rear.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION NOS 17 AND 19: timber panelled doors centred at ground; opaque-glazed, 6-light fanlights; single windows at ground flanking entrance; regularly fenestrated at 1st floor; 3-light canted dormers in bays to outer left and right; 2 single rooflights at centre. NO 21: timber panelled door at ground in penultimate bay to outer left; opaque-glazed, 6-light fanlight. Single windows at ground in bays flanking entrance; blind bay at ground to outer right; regularly fenestrated at 1st floor; 3-light canted dormer in bay to outer left.

W (UNION STREET) ELEVATION NO 21: timber panelled door centred at ground; 6-light fanlight; single windows at both floors in bays to outer left and right.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: decorative cast-iron balustraded stairs to central 1st floor entrances (Nos 17 and 19); replacement doors; tripartite fanlights; regularly fenestrated at ground and 1st floors in flanking bays to left and right. Replacement door at ground in bay to outer left (rear No 21); single window above; single windows at both floors in re-entrant angle to left; single windows at both floors in bay to right.

Replacement 12-pane timber sash and case windows to Russell Street; replacement 2-pane timber glazing to rear. Graded grey slate roof; raised skews; replacement rainwater goods. Coped, rendered ridge and wallhead stacks; circular terracotta cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL: low coped random rubble wall to Union Street (Colbeck Place); replacement timber pedestrian entry gate.

Statement of Interest

The 3 return bays to Union Street (Colbeck Place) form a terrace with the adjacent No 2 which dates from the early 19th century (see separate list entry for No 2 Union Street (Colbeck Place

. Prior to rehabilitation by the Bute Housing Association, this block contained 21 houses with a row of brick buildings in the yard housing 8 W.C.s.

Rothesay is one of Scotland's premier seaside resorts, developed primarily during the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and incorporates an earlier medieval settlement. The town retains a wide range of buildings characteristic of its development as a high status 19th century holiday resort, including a range of fine villas, a Victorian pier and promenade.

The history and development of Rothesay is defined by two major phases. The development of the medieval town, centred on Rothesay Castle, and the later 19th and early 20th century development of the town as a seaside resort. Buildings from this later development, reflect the wealth of the town during its heyday as a tourist destination, and include a range of domestic and commercial architecture of a scale sometimes found in larger burghs. Both the 19th and early 20th century growth of the town, with a particular flourish during the inter-war period, included areas of reclaimed foreshore, particularly along the coast to the east of the town and around the pier and pleasure gardens.

(List description revised as part of Rothesay listing review 2010-11).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56645961

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