Description

Mid to later 19th century; alterations and additions mid to later 20th century. Asymmetrical 3-storey, 3-bay flatted house entered at front and rear; full-height 5-light bow in bay to outer left; bowed stair tower at rear adjoining later lean-to additions. Painted coursed rubble sandstone; painted render dressings; corniced eaves. Basket-arched windows at ground and 1st floors; square-headed windows at 2nd floor; painted render surrounds; decorative cast-iron columnar mullions; projecting cills. Harl-pointed rubble sandstone sides; harled 2nd floor addition at rear; whitewashed rubble additions. Single storey, 2-bay pitched outbuilding to NW.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: part-glazed timber panelled door centred at ground; plate-glass fanlight set in round-arched surround; double- bracketed, round-arched timber canopy; decorative bargeboard, consoled finial; single windows aligned at 1st and 2nd floors. Tripartite windows at ground and 1st floors in bay to outer right; bipartite window aligned above; 5-light bowed windows at all floors in bay to outer left.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: single windows at ground and 1st floors in bay to outer right; part-stained stair window centred in bowed tower off-set to right of centre; lean-to additions in remaining bays to left; single windows unevenly disposed at 2nd floor.

2-pane timber sash and case windows at 1st floor; replacement windows at ground and 2nd floors; part-stained, opaque-glazed stair window at rear. Original pitched roof made flat with additional 2nd floor; corniced wallhead stacks to N and S; various octagonal cans.

REAR STAIR: timber panelled door at ground in re-entrant angle facing S; communal stair comprising timber treads, decorative cast-iron uprights, timber handrail; large stair window set in chamfered recess; access to 3 flats from 1st floor.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

E ELEVATION OUTBUILDING: single window off-set to left of centre; single door off-set to right; graded grey slate pitch.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: coped whitewashed render wall to Ardbeg Road; corniced square-plan piers to outer left and right; replacement cast-iron pedestrian entry gate to ground floor flat.

Statement of Interest

Neither of the Ordnance Survey maps show the 5-light bow, implying this was a later addition. Despite internal subdivision, the creation of a 3rd storey and subsequent loss of the original pitch (its line still visible), there remain some interesting features, particularly the cast-iron columnar mullions, basket-arched surrounds, timber bracketed entrance canopy and bowed stair tower. Columnar mullions such as these are common in Rothesay and can be seen across the bay at No 20 Battery Place or Nos 9 & 10 Mount Stuart Road (see separate list entries), whilst the round-arched canopy can be seen at Nos 10 & 11 and Nos 14 & 15 Crichton Road (see separate list entries).

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 Q77773407

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