Description

Late 19th century; rehabilitated 1983. Near-symmetrical 2-storey with attic, 3-bay (made 4-bay at ground) plain classical style flatted house on corner site. Coursed Aberdeen bond sandstone; raised, painted margins; painted strip quoins. Raised base course; stugged rubble sandstone quoins; stugged long and short surrounds to openings; projecting cills. Random rubble at side (heavy pointing).

E (COLUMSHILL STREET) ELEVATION: replacement 2-leaf boarded timber door centred at ground; plate-glass fanlight; single window at ground in bay to outer right; single windows in 2 bays to left. Regularly fenestrated at 1st floor; 3-light slate-hung canted dormers in bays to outer left and right.

4-pane timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof; raised skews; rendered corniced apex stacks to N and S; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

Statement of Interest

Although this block forms the end of a terrace (Nos 20 - 32 Columshill Street), it was not built at the same time - the terrace being complete by 1863 (see separate list entries). Rehabilitated by the Bute Housing Association.

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 Q77769934 Q77769937

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