Description

Earlier 19th century; flatted later 20th century. Symmetrical 2-storey with attic, 3-bay plain classical style flatted house forming part of terrace with projecting stair tower centred at rear (entrance No 10). Coursed cherry-cocked rubble sandstone; polished sandstone margins. Raised base course; lintel course beneath corniced eaves; blocking course. Pilastered quoins; tooled long and short rubble surrounds to raised openings (painted at ground); projecting cills; pilastered entrance.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to timber panelled door centred at ground; plate-glass fanlight; surrounding pilastered doorpiece comprising plain frieze, cornice, block pediment, raised keystone. Single windows at ground in bays to outer left and right; single windows in all bays at 1st floor. 3-light piended canted dormers in bays to outer left and right; central rooflight.

Replacement glazing to ground and 1st floors; 2-pane timber sash and case windows to slate-hung dormers. Graded grey slate roof; raised stone skews; corniced apex stacks to NE and SW; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL: low coped cherry-cocked sandstone rubble wall to Battery Place.

Statement of Interest

Despite internal subdivision and replacement glazing, the house retains architetctural interest both in its simple classical detailing and in its position within a prominent sea-front terrace. Whitewashed rubble, single storey outbuilding at rear; corrugated-iron roof.

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 Q77769857

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