Description

Early 19th century. Near-symmetrical 2-storey with basement and attic, 4-bay plain classical style flatted house with pend entry to outer right. Painted coursed rubble; yellow sandstone ashlar margins; ashlar strip quoins; raised eaves course; projecting cills. Random rubble sandstone at side.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to recessed part-glazed door centred at ground; single window aligned at 1st floor; regularly fenestrated at both floors in flanking bays. Boarded basement opening in bay to outer left (half obscured); pend entry at ground in bay to outer right; 3-light canted attic windows aligned above bays to outer left and right.

Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows; modern attic glazing. Graded grey slate roof; raised stone skews; replacement rainwater goods. Coursed sandstone apex stack to N; single circular can.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

Statement of Interest

Listed, despite subdivsion and replacement glazing, as a fairly good example of early 19th century burgh architecture. Note the narrow entrance, unusual pend, ashlar margins and timber glazing.

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 Q77769881

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