Description

Late 19th and early 20th century; later attic additions. 2-storey, extensive range of gabled roughly 2-bay mews buildings, piended single storey section to W; set on ground falling to NE in cobbled lane. Coursed squared and snecked sandstone rubble; ashlar dressings; long and short rybats, chamfered openings. Large rectangular cart-shed openings with timber doors, some with glazed upper sections; some later timber, steel and glazed infill. Doorways irregularly spaced with narrow transomed multi-pane fanlights. Some small windows above openings to right (W). Single large windows at 1st floor, some former hayloft doors with transomed lights, many now infilled. Stepped moulded eaves course. Round-arched pediments to gables, bipartite windows breaking eaves and centred above cartshed openings.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: 2 storeys set into steep bank falling away to N. Coursed random rubble with some ashlar dressings. Irregular fenestration; some later. Prominent shouldered wallhead stack to left (W).

Predominantly 12-pane in timber sash and case windows. Multiple pitched roofs with lead ridges; grey slates. Alternating corniced sandstone ashlar ridge and gable end stacks with some octagonal clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

B-group with 1 - 8 Rothesay Mews. Rothesay Mews is a well detailed terrace of mews houses which has remained relatively unaltered by later additions. The design is stepped to match the slope of the ground and the original cobbled street with sandstone gutters is retained. The large round arched pedimented windows are the dominating feature of the composition and provide rhythm to the street. Stabling and storage for carriages would have been provided on the ground floor behind the large cart-shed doors. The 1st floor would have provided space for grooms accommodation and haylofts. Some of the original hayloft doors can still be seen, although infilled with later windows. The terrace developed over a long period of time, it was about half complete on the 1912 OS map and by the time of the 1931 OS map it was fully completed. The different form of No. 16 possibly reflects its later date and the likely change in use to garaging and residential accommodation by the date of its construction. After the widespread adoption of cars the ground floors became widely used as garages and some as small workshops. The upper floors have now been converted to storage and residential dwellings (2008).

Numbers 9-16 form a group with numbers 1-8 (see separate listing) which is across the lane and has similar characteristic features, such as prominent gables. The two sets of mews buildings give the lane a distinct character as a former service street, a setting which is enhanced by the retention of the cobbles.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77782273

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