Description

Earlier to mid 19th century; flatted mid 20th century. Symmetrical 2-storey with attic, 3-bay plain classical style flatted house forming one of a pair; entered at front and rear. Painted rubble sandstone; raised, painted margins; painted strip quoins. Raised base course; lintel course beneath corniced eaves; pilastered doorpiece; projecting cills. Harl-pointed random rubble at sides and rear; exterior stair (part sandstone, part red-brick) centred at rear.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to part-glazed 2-leaf timber panelled door centred at ground; bipartite fanlight; surrounding corniced doorpiece comprising flanking pilasters, plain frieze, block pediment, raised keystone. Blind window centred at 1st floor; single windows at both floors in bays to outer left and right; 3-light canted dormers above.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: decorative, cast-iron balustraded stair to upper flat; single opening in central bay; opaque-glazed fanlight; single window at 1st floor in bay to outer right. Single windows at both floors in bay to outer left.

2-pane timber sash and case glazing at ground; replacement glazing above. Graded grey slate roof; raised skews; corniced apex stack to N; coped apex stack to S; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL: part-demolished random rubble wall to Ardbeg Road.

Statement of Interest

Retains architectural interest despite subdivision, replacement glazing and demolition of boundary wall to form vehicular access. A simple but impressive grouping with the adjacent Nos 20 & 21 (see separate list entry). Note the pilastered doorpieces, raised margins and corniced eaves.

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 Q77773414

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