Description

Early 19th century. Symmetrical, 2-storey, 3-bay plain classical style rectangular-plan former manse; flatted later 20th century; entered at front and rear. Random rubble cherry-cocked sandstone; painted margins; painted narrow strip quoins. Raised lintel course; droved long and short rubble surrounds to openings; projecting cills. Random rubble sandstone at rear; droved rubble surrounds to painted openings.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: replacement 2-leaf boarded timber door centred at ground; replacement bipartite fanlight. Single windows at ground in bays to outer left and right; single windows in all bays at 1st floor.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: central stair to modern door (entrance 1st floor flat); blind opening at ground off-set to right of centre; small square window off-set to left; single windows at both floors in bays to outer left and right.

Replacement 2-pane timber glazing to front and rear. Graded grey slate roof; raised stone skews; droved sandstone apex stack to N (circular cans); rendered apex stack to S (cans missing).

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL: low coped random rubble wall to High Street; replacement cast-iron gate to pedestrian entry.

Statement of Interest

Retains architectural interest despite internal subdivision, replacement glazing and modern doors. The 1865 Ordnance Survey map shows the house (then a manse) with an extensive, relatively formal garden to the rear.

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 Q77770085

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