Description

Mid to later 19th century. Near-symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay house with advanced gabled bays to outer left and right; gabled porch centred at ground. Harl-pointed random rubble sandstone; raised, painted margins; painted strip quoins. Polished sandstone base course; overhanging timber eaves; tapering timber finials surmounting gables. Stugged rubble sandstone quoins; stugged long and short surrounds to chamfered openings. Whitewashed rubble sandstone single storey with attic, 2-bay pitched outbuilding at rear; adjoining single storey, 5-bay outbuilding.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to replacement glazed door centred at ground; plate-glass fanlight; advanced porch comprising timber pilasters, architraved round arch beneath modillioned apex. Single window at 1st floor above entrance; single windows at both floors in slightly advanced bay to outer left. 3-light canted window at ground in advanced bay to outer right; decorative cast-iron parapet (part missing); single window centred in apex at 1st floor.

Predominantly lying-pane upper, 2-pane lower timber sash and case windows; 10-pane lying-pane glazing centred at 1st floor. Graded grey slate roof; replacement rainwater goods. Coped apex stacks to N and S; various octagonal and circular cans.

INTERIOR: timber skirting boards; plaster cornice-work; timber panelled doors; decorative cast-iron balustraded stair; timber handrail.

OUTBUILDINGS: single opening at ground in bay to outer left; boarded hayloft centred above; garage (coach-house?) opening in bay to right. Adjoining building comprising boarded timber doors in bay to outer left and penultimate bay to outer right; bipartite window in penultimate bay to outer left; single windows in remaining bays.

GARAGE: Circa 1910. Arts and Crafts timber garage with 2-leaf timber panelled doors with stained-glass glazing, decorative King-post bargeboard to front gable, and 2 stained glass windows to side elevation. Shingle roof.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: round-arched rubble coping to harl-pointed rubble wall to Craigmore Road; curved whitewashed walls flanking entrance. Stop-chamfered, whitewashed square-plan piers; pyramidal caps; gates missing.

Statement of Interest

A simple sea-front villa with some interesting features - in particular, the lying-pane glazing, cast-iron parapet, gabled porch and rear outbuildings.

The garage is a striking survival of an ornate early 20th Century 'Motor House'. The first car in Scotland was registered in 1902 and early garages were often quite ornate. The use of stained glass, here, is particularly unusual, although a garage with similar Mock Tudor panelling is to be found in Colinton (Edinburgh) at 60 Spylaw Bank Road (not listed).

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 Q77769946 Q77769950

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