Description

Late 18th, early 19th century. Near-symmetrical single storey with attic, 4-bay house; single bay addition to outer right; single bay addition recessed to outer left; later piended porch on coursed sandstone piers at centre; piended single bay addition off-set to left of centre at rear. Whitewashed harl; painted surrounds to openings; lying-pane glazing at ground.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber panelled door off-set to left of centre; single window in bay to outer left; single windows in 2 bays to right. 3-light canted dormers in bays to outer left and right. Single windows in additions to outer left and right.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: piended projection off-set to left of centre comprising glazed timber door in re-entrant angle to right, single window in bay to left; single window centred in re-entrant angle to left. Single windows in 2 bays to right of centre; single window in bay to outer left.

8-pane timber sash and case windows with lying-panes at ground; 4- and 2-pane timber sash and case dormers. Graded grey slate roof; raised stone skews; rendered ridge and apex stacks; circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

Statement of Interest

A simple cottage with extensive lying-pane timber sash and case glazing.

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 Q77769853

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