Description

Circa 1850; flatted early 20th century (circa 1903). Symmetrical 2-storey and basement, 3-bay classically-detailed house with gabled eaves centred at N, E and S (advanced at E). Droved coursed yellow sandstone; polished yellow ashlar dressings. Raised band course at principal floor; architraved string course; corbelled eaves; large pilastered quoins. Corbelled, corniced windows at ground; shouldered surrounds at 1st floor; polished panels below architraved cills. Harled elevations to N and S; raised polished dressings; projecting cills.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: cast-iron balustraded stair to tripartite entrance centred at ground (entrance ground floor flat); part-glazed timber panelled door; opaque-glazed 6-light side lights; replacement fanlight. Corbelled brackets supporting balcony above; decorative cast-iron balustrade; single window set in shouldered, round-arched surround centred in apex at 1st floor. Single windows at both floors in recessed bays to outer left and right.

S (SIDE) ENTRANCE) timber panelled door centred at ground (entrance 1st floor flat); multi-paned fanlight; advanced corniced doorpiece; large stair window centred in apex above. Single windows at both floors in bays to outer left and right; single basement window in bay to outer right.

Lying-pane glazing throughout. Graded grey slate piend; replacement rainwater goods. Corniced apex stacks to N and S; cans missing.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: round-arched rubble coping to harl-pointed rubble wall to Craigmore Road; curved droved yellow ashlar wall flanking entrance; chamfered square-plan yellow ashlar piers; pyramidal caps; replacement cast-iron vehicular access gates.

Statement of Interest

An impressive house, set in extensive grounds, which retains interest despite subdivision. Note the corbelled balcony, tripartite entrance, decorative use of cast-iron and lying-pane glazing. Walker describes Montford as "...plain and symmetrical" with an "...excellent iron balcony."

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 Q17775347

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)