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1 York Terrace, Rothesay, Bute

A Category C Listed Building in Rothesay, Argyll and Bute

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8384 / 55°50'18"N

Longitude: -5.0605 / 5°3'37"W

OS Eastings: 208452

OS Northings: 664817

OS Grid: NS084648

Mapcode National: GBR FFW8.W6X

Mapcode Global: WH1LM.7JH1

Plus Code: 9C7PRWQQ+9Q

Entry Name: 1 York Terrace, Rothesay, Bute

Listing Name: 1 and 1 1/2 York Terrace

Listing Date: 24 March 1997

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 391624

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44903

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200391624

Location: Rothesay

County: Argyll and Bute

Town: Rothesay

Electoral Ward: Isle of Bute

Traditional County: Buteshire

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Description

Mid 19th century. Symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay former manse; flatted mid to later 20th century; grouped 1-1-1; advanced pedimented centre; later 2-storey harled addition recessed to outer right (entrance 1st floor flat). Harl-pointed sandstone rubble; painted margins; strip quoins. Raised, painted base course; overhanging sandstone bracketed eaves (corniced at centre). Droved rubble quoins; droved long and short surrounds to chamfered openings; sandstone brackets beneath cast-iron balconies at 1st floor; gabled porch (entrance ground floor flat); random rubble sandstone at sides and rear.

NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to replacement 2-leaf part-glazed timber door centred at ground (No 1); 5-light fanlight; advanced porch comprising raised plinth, flanking columns, decorative timber balustrade, half-timbered gables. Single window centred at 1st floor; regularly fenestrated at both floors in bays to outer left and right. Recessed addition to right comprising harled stair, single window at ground; modern door at 1st floor (entrance No1 1/2).

Replacement glazing at ground; 8-pane lying-pane timber sash and case windows at 1st floor. Grey slate roof; polished yellow sandstone wallhead stacks; cans missing.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

Statement of Interest

Retains a degree of architectural interest despite subdivision, replacement glazing and side addition. The unusual form of the porch and delicate iron balconies are features of particular note.

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).

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