Description

Mid 19th century; flatted early 20th century. Asymmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay flatted house with single storey, single bay addition to outer left; slightly advanced gabled bay to outer right; stairs at rear (entrance upper flat). Painted harl; raised, painted margins; painted strip quoins. Raised band course at principal floor; corniced canted windows at ground; overhanging timber eaves. Painted surrounds to chamfered openings; moulded timber shafts centred in gables. Single storey, 4-bay L-plan outbuilding at rear (former stables); whitewashed sandstone rubble.

NE (HIGH ROAD) ELEVATION: decorative cast-iron balustraded stair to ground floor entrance off-set to right of centre; timber panelled door; plate-glass fanlight; single gabled window breaking eaves centred at 1st floor. 3-light canted window at ground in penultimate bay to outer left; single gabled window breaking eaves at 1st floor; single window at ground in bay to outer left. Advanced gabled bay to outer right comprising 3-light canted windows at both floors centred beneath apex.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: decorative cast-iron balustraded stair centred at rear to boarded timber lean-to addition at 1st floor (entrance upper flat); single window at ground off-set to left of centre; single windows at both floors in bay to outer left (1st floor window breaking eaves). Piended single storey projection at ground off-set to right of centre (rear access ground floor flat); single windows at both floors in bay to right (1st floor window breaking eaves); single window at ground in bay to outer right.

6- and 12-pane lying-pane glazing to front and rear. Graded grey slate roof; replacement rainwater goods. Coped apex stack to NW; apex stack to SE; various octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: flatted to form ground and 1st floor flats circa 1916; engraved glass set in timber panelled vestibule door; architraved surround; plate-glass fanlight; plaster cornice-work; timber skirting boards; timber panelled doors.

OUTBUILDING: single boarded timber doors in 2 bays to right of centre; pitched wing to outer left comprising timber panelled door in penultimate bay to outer left; single window to outer left; boarded timber hay-loft hatch centred beneath apex. Overhanging timber eaves; graded grey slate roof; replacement rainwater goods.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: coped harl-pointed rubble wall to Ardbeg Road; whitewashed render square-plan piers flanking entrance; pyramidal caps; boarded timber pedestrian entry gate.

Statement of Interest

An interesting house which, despite subdivision, retains many original features. Note the lying-pane glazing, decorative cast-iron stair-uprights, timber panelled doors, unusual timber shafts beneath gables and the rear outbuilding. The original entrance is said to have been centred in the NW (now side) elevation.

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 Q77769809 Q77769813

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