Description

Mid to later 19th century. Symmetrical single storey with attic, 3-bay classically-detailed house with projecting bays at ground to outer left and right; recessed entrance beneath decorative cast-iron porch. Coursed yellow sandstone ashlar; whitewashed harl to sides and rear. Channelled bays to outer left and right; roll-moulded string course; corniced eaves; blind balustraded parapet flanking centre. Sandstone mullions; chamfered attic openings; raised, whitewashed margins at rear. Single storey, 4-bay harl-pointed rubble sandstone outbuilding to NW.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to 2-leaf timber door centred at ground; replacement fanlight; advanced porch comprising stylised cast-iron pilasters to left and right, plain frieze, corniced eaves; architraved surround to round-arched attic window above; raised keystone. Bipartite windows at ground in advanced bays to outer left and right; 3-light canted dormers above.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: projecting boarded timber porch off-set to left of centre; small single windows flanking entrance. Gabled (stair?) window breaking eaves in central bay; single windows at ground in bays to outer left and right; gabled dormer windows aligned above.

2- and 4-pane timber sash and case windows to front; replacement glazing to central dormer; some lying-pane glazing to rear. Graded grey slate roof; slate-hung dormers. Whitewashed corniced apex stacks to N and S; various octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

S ELEVATION OUTBUILDING: single window in penultimate bay to outer left (lying-pane glazing); boarded timber doors in remaining bays to left and right; graded grey slate roof; coped ridge stack; decorative octagonal can. Roofless rubble addition to outer left.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: low coped whitewashed rubble wall to Marine Place; stop-chamfered whitewashed square-plan piers flanking entrance; pyramidal caps; replacement cast-iron pedestrian entry gate. Harl-pointed rubble wall to Ardbeg Road; square-plan piers flanking pedestrian entrance; square caps; timber gate.

Statement of Interest

A simple but interesting house which retains many original features - note the timber sash and case windows, some lying-pane glazing, corniced stacks and decorative front porch. The use of cast-iron in Rothesay is common and indeed, the stylised pilasters here bear strong affinity with those on the nearby No 8 Marine Place (see separate list entry).

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 IDs Q77770110 Q77770113

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