Description

Earlier to mid 19th century. Symmetrical single storey, 3-bay plain classical style house with later bell-cast roof and Alexander Thomson-style dormers; single storey additions at rear. Whitewashed render; painted margins; narrow strip quoins. Raised band course at principal floor; overhanging timber bracketed eaves. Stepped hoodmoulds above ground floor windows; consoled brackets beneath balustraded timber cills; pilastered doorpiece beneath central gable; fretted dormers.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: stairs to 2-leaf timber panelled door centred at ground; plate-glass fanlight; surrounding doorpiece comprising flanking pilasters, plain frieze, cornice, block pediment, raised keystone. Single windows in bays to outer left and right; gabled dormers equally disposed in all 3 bays.

2-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate bell-cast roof to front; sandstone ridge stacks to left and right of centre; octagonal flues; single octagonal can to E, single circular can to W.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL: coped, part-rendered random rubble wall to Crichton Road.

Statement of Interest

A once simple classical style single storey house made ?picturesque? with the addition of dormers and a bell-cast roof. Note the pilastered doorpiece, octagonal cans and decorative fret-work - all of which contribute to an unusual whole. Marked on the 1896 map as "Falltrees Cottage."

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 Q77769986

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