Description

Late 19th century. Symmetrical 2-storey with attic, 5-bay gabled block subdivided to form 3 houses; single storey lean-to addition recessed to outer right (entrance No 45); pitched single storey wing recessed to outer left (No 47). Predominantly coursed yellow sandstone; red sandstone ashlar dressings. Raised base and string courses; corbelled eaves to projecting central bay; corbelled canopies above flanking single windows; scalloped gableheads to outer left and right. Raised red ashlar quoins; long and short surrounds to chamfered openings; architraved red ashlar mullions; chamfered cills. Random rubble sandstone at sides and rear.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: tripartite windows at both floors in advanced central bay; tripartite attic window centred in boarded timber gable above. 2-leaf timber panelled doors at ground in penultimate bays to outer right (No 46) and left (No 47); decorative fanlights; architraved surrounds; single windows at 1st floor; quadripartite box-dormers aligned above. 4-light canted windows at both floors in bays to outer left and right; bipartite attic windows centred in swept gables. Replacement door at ground in recessed lean-to addition to outer right (No 45); flanking single windows. Single window centred in pitched wing recessed to outer left (No 47).

Predominantly decorative stained-glass upper, plate-glass lower timber casements; 2-pane timber sash and case dormers set in gables; timber casements set in box-dormers. Graded grey slate roof. Corniced sandstone apex stacks to E and W; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: low coped wall to Crichton Road (part-rendered to right, whitewashed to left). Square-plan sandstone piers flanking entrances (whitewashed to No 47); raised base course; moulded detailing, pyramidal caps.

Statement of Interest

An unusual grouping with the majority of original features still in place - note the decorative glazing, bracketed eaves, 2-leaf timber panelled doors and sandstone 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 Q77770061

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