Description

Mid 19th century. Asymmetrical, 2-storey, 2-bay former school on tapering site; converted for use as church hall at ground; single flat at 1st floor. Random rubble sandstone; droved yellow rubble sandstone dressings. Raised base course; stepped hoodmoulds; 3/4-engaged moulded stops; overhanging eaves. Droved rubble quoins; droved long and short surrounds to polished, chamfered openings; timber mullions; chamfered cills. Later red brick addition at rear.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: original timber panelled door set in chamfered, round-arched surround in bay to outer right; bipartite fanlight; bipartite window above aligned at 1st floor. Bipartite window at ground in bay to left; blind single window above.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Tripartite windows in all bays at ground; gabled tripartite windows in all bays breaking eaves at 1st floor.

Original diagonal-paned leaded windows to N; leaded windows at ground to E; replacement tripartite plate-glass windows at 1st floor. Replacement rainwater goods; graded grey slate roof; raised stone skews; scrolled skewputts. Coped apex stacks to N and S; single circular can to N; corniced ridge stack to W; single circular can.

INTERIOR: adapted for use as church hall at ground; church flat at 1st floor.

Statement of Interest

Church hall in use as such. An unusual building with some interesting features. Note the stepped hoodmoulds, leaded windows, gabled side windows and arched entrance. The adjacent Trinity Church (sharing the same site) is listed separately.

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 Q77769920

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