Description

Later 19th century. Near-symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay square-plan house with advanced gabled bays to outer left and right. Coursed stugged yellow sandstone; yellow sandstone ashlar dressings. Stepped plinth; overhanging timber eaves. Slightly raised ashlar quoins; raised long and short ashlar surrounds to chamfered openings; segmental-arched windows at ground (pilastered mullions); square-headed windows at 1st floor.

NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: replacement glazed door centred at ground; architraved surround; plate-glass fanlight; timber bracketed dentilled canopy projecting above; single gabled window aligned at 1st floor. Projecting window at ground in advanced bay to outer right; tripartite window centred in apex. 3-light canted window at ground in advanced bay to outer left; smaller 3-light canted window aligned at 1st floor; decorative cast-iron brattishing surmounting both.

2-pane timber sash and case windows (segmental-arched uppers at ground). Graded grey slate roof; fish-scale detailing to 3-light canted window. Coped sandstone apex stacks to NW and SE; octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPEIRS: coped whitewashed wall to Craigmore Road. Panelled square-plan ashlar piers flanking entrance; dentilled cornices; square caps; cast-iron gates.

Statement of Interest

A simple sea-front villa which has retained many original features - in particular, the bracketed canopy, cast-iron brattishing and panelled gatepiers.

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 Q77769939

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