Description

Mid 19th century (circa 1840) with late 19th century additions; alterations later 20th century. Asymmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay classically-detailed flatted house with cast-iron columnar mullions to late 19th century full-height polygonal tower off-set to left of centre; gabled single storey, 2-bay block recessed to outer left; gabled 2-storey, 2-bay block recessed to outer right. Harl-pointed cherry-cocked rubble sandstone; polished sandstone dressings. Raised base course; eaves course beneath corniced eaves; pilastered quoins. Stugged rubble quoins; stugged long and short surrounds to polished openings; projecting cills. Round-arched openings at ground in penultimate bays to outer left and right; shouldered-arched openings to bow at ground; ogee-arched openings aligned at 1st floor. Harl-pointed rubble at rear; piended boarded timber addition off-set to right of centre. Piended 2-storey, single bay random rubble former dovecot to S; pitched single storey with attic coach-house to N.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to timber panelled door centred at ground (entrance ground floor flat, No 9); plate glass fanlight; surrounding doorpiece comprising flanking pilasters, plain frieze, block pediment, raised keystone; single window aligned at 1st floor; single windows at both floors in bay to right; full-height 5-light bow in bay to left. Recessed block to outer left; single window in bay to right; large window centred beneath apex to left. Recessed block to outer right; single windows in both bays at ground and 1st floors.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: pilastered timber addition projecting at 1st floor in 3 bays to right of centre (entrance 1st floor flat, No 8); single windows below; single windows at both floors in remaining openings to left; bracketed canopy above single door at ground in penultimate bay to outer left (rear access ground floor flat).

Modern uPVC glazing at ground; 2-pane timber sash and case windows at 1st floor. Graded grey slate piend; replacement rainwater goods. Moulded copes to sandstone wallhead stacks octagonal and circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

DOVECOT: boarded timber door centred at 1st floor to E; louvred vents beneath eaves to W. Graded grey slate, slightly bell-cast piended roof.

COACH-HOUSE: boarded timber 2-leaf doors centred at ground; segmental-arched hay-loft opening aligned above. Graded grey slate piended roof.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: round-arched rubble coping to rubble wall enclosing site; whitewashed panelled piers flanking entrance No 9; raised base course; triangular caps; replacement pedestrian entry gate.

Statement of Interest

Retains a degree of architectural merit despite subdivision and subsequent alterations. Of particular note are the cast-iron columnar mullions and ogee- and shouldered-arch openings. Note also, the pilastered doorpiece and simple outbuildings. The use of cast-iron is common in Rothesay - compare with No 20 Battery Place or Nos 9 & 10 Mount Stuart Road (see separate list entries). The 1863 Ordnance Survey map shows the single storey block to the outer left was originally separate, whilst the 1896 map marks the later addition of the full-height bow.

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 IDs Q77769894 Q77769900 Q77769904

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)