Description

Earlier to mid 18th century (circa 1749); rehabilitated 1986. Symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay plain classical style flatted house with projecting stair tower at rear. Red rubble sandstone (recently cleaned); polished sandstone margins. Raised base course; lintel course beneath corniced eaves. Droved red rubble quoins; droved long and short surrounds to openings; projecting cills. Random rubble at rear and sides.

SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber panelled door centred at ground; 4-light fanlight. Single windows at ground in bays to outer left and right; single windows in all bays at 1st floor.

16-pane timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof; raised skews; coped rendered apex stacks to NE and SW; circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

Statement of Interest

Said to be the oldest building in King Street, this block was a derelict shell prior to rehabilitation by the Bute Housing Association in 1986.

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 Q17775444

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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