Description

Mid 19th century (circa 1855); additions at rear mid to later 20th century. 2-storey with attic, 3-bay plain classical style house forming one of irregular pair with adjacent No 27. Whitewashed coursed rubble sandstone. Raised base course; eaves course beneath corniced eaves; painted blocking course. Pilastered quoins; pilastered entrance; painted surrounds to openings; full-width decorative cast-iron balcony at 1st floor. Single storey, single bay flat-roofed addition to left; single storey additions at rear.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: recessed timber panelled door at ground in bay to outer left (replacement glazing); 6-light fanlight; surrounding pilastered doorpiece comprising plain frieze, cornice, block pediment. Single windows at ground in bays at centre and outer right; single windows in all bays at 1st floor; 3-light canted dormer off-set to right of centre. Modern glazing to single storey addition at left.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: piended single storey addition at ground in bay to outer left; flat-roofed single storey addition in bay to outer right; large stair window at centre.

2-pane timber sash and case windows to front; 32-pane timber sash and case stair window at side; rooflight off-set to left of centre. Graded grey slate roof; raised stone skews; corniced apex stacks; original octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: adapted for use as bed and breakfast accommodation. Some plaster cornice work; stair comprising decorative cast-iron uprights, timber handrail.

BOUNDARY WALL: low coped wall to Battery Place.

Statement of Interest

A simple but impressive plain classical house set within a prominent sea-front terrace. Note the cast-iron balcony, timber panelled door and timber sash and case glazing. Bed and Breakfast accommodation 1996. The adjacent No 27 is not listed.

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 Q77769877

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