Description

Late 19th century. Symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay flatted double villa grouped 1-1-1; recessed at centre; advanced gabled bays to outer left and right; side entrances. Coursed yellow sandstone ashlar; red sandstone ashlar dressings. Red sandstone base course; timber bracketed eaves to ground floor canted windows; overhanging timber bracketed eaves; plain timber bargeboards. Raised quoins; raised long and short surrounds to openings (shouldered-arched at ground; pointed-arched at 1st floor); chamfered reveals; chamfered lintels (architraved at ground); sandstone mullions.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: quadripartite window centred at ground; gableheaded bipartite window breaking eaves above. 3-light canted windows at ground in advanced bays to outer left and right; gothicised Palladian windows comprising columnar mullions, pointed-arch central lights aligned at 1st floor. Side entries recessed to outer left and right.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case glazing; replacement glazing at ground to outer left. Graded grey slate roof; replacement rainwater goods. Coursed sandstone stacks to No 3 (missing No 4).

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: coped, part-rendered wall enclosing site to front. Painted, panelled square-plan piers flanking pedestrian entrances; chamfered edges; heavy cornices; triangular-faceted caps.

Statement of Interest

A prominent gabled villa with some unusual detailing. Forms a near-pair with the adjacent No 1, 1A, 2 and 2A Crichton Road (see separate list entry). Both properties, although somewhat pattern-book in style, are good examples of their type. Of particular interest are the architraved lintels, columnar mullions, bracketed eaves and the decorative, contrasting use of red and yellow ashlar.

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 Q77769978 Q77769982

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