Description

Earlier to mid 19th century. Symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan plain classical style house with single storey, single bay pitched addition recessed to outer right. Whitewashed rubble; painted margins; painted strip quoins. Raised string course; overhanging timber bracketed eaves. Stepped hoodmoulds above openings; projecting cills. Random rubble at sides and rear.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central entrance at ground; replacement door, stepped hoodmould; flanking single windows. Single windows in all bays at 1st floor. Single storey addition to outer right comprising modern part-glazed timber door off-set to left of centre.

Replacement 2-pane sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof; coped, coursed sandstone apex stacks to N and S main block; octagonal cans; coped apex stack to N side addition; single circular can.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

Statement of Interest

Thought to have been built around the same time as Ardencraig House (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 Q77769816

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)