Description

Mid to later 19th century. Near-symmetrical, 2-storey with attic, 3-bay former hotel forming end of terrace; converted to form separate flats late 20th century; single storey, single bay entrance recessed to outer right (Nos 1-5); entrance at rear (Nos 7-8). Squared and snecked stugged red sandstone; raised, polished dressings. Raised base course; corniced eaves. Corniced, consoled surrounds to ground floor windows; projecting cills; stone mullions to bipartites; corniced, canted windows at centre; round-arched attic windows set in Mansard roof.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: replacement timber panelled door at ground in bay to outer left (No 6); plate-glass fanlight; surrounding doorpiece comprising consoled cornice, round-arched pediment, decorative cast-iron porch with foliate detailing, barley-sugar Corinthian columns on low coped flanking walls advanced to front. Bipartite windows at both floors in bay to right of entrance; 3-light canted windows at both floors in penultimate bay to outer right; bipartite windows at both floors in bay to outer right; 5 attic windows equally disposed. Replacement door centred in flat-roofed bay recessed to right.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows (6- and 8-pane to canted windows). Graded grey slate Mansard roof; raised stone skews; cast-iron brattishing; coursed sandstone apex stack to N, octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL, GATEPIERS AND RAILINGS: low coped red sandstone wall to Argyle Street; square-plan gatepiers flanking entrances to right and left, pyramidal caps; foliate cast-iron railings.

Statement of Interest

A prominent sea-front block. Shown on the Ordnance Survey map as having formed part of the Queen's Hotel. Makes an interesting group with the adjoining block (see separate list entry for No 41 Argyle Street). Relatively intact despite internal alterations. The survival of the outstanding cast-iron porch and railings is extremely rare.

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 Q77769842

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