Description

Mid 19th century (circa 1853); alterations 1944. 2-storey, 4-bay classical style house grouped 1-2-1; recessed at centre; single storey piended entrance porch recessed to outer left. Squared and snecked tooled yellow sandstone; yellow sandstone ashlar dressings. Raised base course; overhanging modillioned corniced eaves. Droved yellow sandstone quoins; droved long and short surrounds to chamfered openings; projecting cills. Coursed yellow sandstone entrance porch comprising base course; vermiculated eaves course beneath modillioned eaves; patterned quoins; patterned long and short surrounds to architraved, chamfered openings; projecting cills. Harl-pointed whin rubble sides.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: replacement 2-leaf glazed door centred in recessed porch; 6-light replacement fanlight; roll-moulded, shouldered-arch surround. 3-light canted windows at both floors in advanced bay to outer left; 3-light canted window at ground in advanced bay to outer right; intricate cast-iron balcony canted above; large single window aligned at 1st floor. Recessed central bays comprising single windows at both floors in bay off-set to left of centre; bipartite windows at both floors in bays off-set to right; stylised cast-iron pilasters forming verandah at ground; timber pilasters to front supporting bracketed balcony at 1st floor; decorative timber balustrade.

Small-pane timber glazing throughout. Graded grey slate piends; coped wallhead stacks to N and S; octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: relatively intact; extensive timber panelling; timber balustraded stair.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: round-arched rubble coping to harl-pointed rubble wall to Craigmore Road. Curved, coursed sandstone walls flanking entrance; stop-chamfered square-plan piers; whitewashed pyramidal caps; cast-iron vehicular access gates.

Statement of Interest

An impressive sea-front villa with a mass of small-pane glazing (possibly later). Note the decorative use of cast-iron, patterned sandstone, modillioned eaves and timber balcony. Said to have been built for a Robert Buchannan Stewart circa 1853.

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 Q77769953

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