Description

Earlier 19th century; flatted late 20th century. Symmetrical 2-storey with attic, 3-bay plain classical style flatted house forming part of terrace; entered at front and rear (central stair tower). Coursed cherry-cocked rubble sandstone; raised, painted margins. Raised base course; lintel course beneath corniced eaves; blocking course. Pilastered quoins; painted long and short surrounds to openings; projecting cills; pilastered entrance.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to replacement door centred at ground; replacement 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 canted dormers in bays to outer left and right; bipartite box-dormer at centre.

Replacement glazing to all openings. Graded grey slate roof; corniced apex stacks; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL: low coped wall enclosing site to front.

Statement of Interest

A simple flatted house forming part of a prominent sea-front terrace. Note the pilastered quoins, corniced eaves and pilastered entrance. At one time a bed and breakfast establishment (East Bay House) with a single attic flat above. Whitewash removed 1996.

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 Q77769871

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)