Description

Earlier 19th century. Symmetrical, 4-storey, 4-bay classically-detailed tenement with licensed premises and shop at ground. Yellow sandstone ashlar, coursed rubble to rear. Raised cill and lintel courses; corniced eaves course. Roll-moulded, architraved and corniced windows to 1st and 2nd floors; pilastered reveals to 3rd floor windows.

N (ALBERT PLACE) ELEVATION: pend opening at ground off-set to right of centre; licensed premises to left; shop to right both with later shopfronts. Regular fenestration.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: painted 2-storey flat roofed block fronting 4-storey elevation. Advanced piended 3-bay section to right. Irregular fenestration.

Predominantly replacement plate glass timber glazing (some metal at 3rd floor). Grey slate roof; coped ridge stacks to E and W; various circular cans.

Statement of Interest

B-group with Former Royal Hotel 1-6 Albert Place, 10-12 Albert Place, 7-9 Albert Place, 5-9 West Princes Street and 1-5 Watergate (see separate listings).

10-12 Albert Place is a well-detailed classical tenement occupying a highly visible position on Rothesay sea front, directly opposite the ferry terminal. The building makes a significant contribution to the streetscape, set in a prominent location, and forms part of a continuous run of classical tenements. The building is comparatively richly detailed for its location within a relatively small town and this is characteristic of the high quality later 19th century developments in Rothesay which was an important holiday destination during this period. The town displays a number of well-detailed buildings, including commercial and residential buildings, particularly in close proximity to the pier and seafront promenade.

Rothesay is one of Scotland's premier seaside resorts, developed primarily during the second half of the 19th and the early 20th centuries, and it 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 more often 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 Q77773404

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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