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 irregular pair; entered at front and rear. Painted render; raised, painted margins; strip quoins. Raised base course; lintel course beneath corniced eaves; painted blocking course. Pilastered doorpiece; corniced, pilastered windows at ground; pilastered windows at 1st floor; bracketed cills. Harl-pointed random rubble at side; painted margins.

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

Predominantly replacement glazing. Graded grey slate roof; raised skews; replacement rainwater goods. Corniced apex stacks to N and S; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL: low coped random rubble wall to Ardbeg Road.

Statement of Interest

Retains architectural interest despite subdivision, dormers and replacement glazing. Of particular note are the pilastered windows, bracketed cills, corniced eaves and pilastered doorpiece. The adjoining block (Nos 26 and 27 Ardbeg Road) is not listed.

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 IDs Q77773423 Q77773428

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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