Description

Embossed "JMM"; dated 1908. Symmetrical 4-storey, 3-bay tenement with licensed premises and shop at ground. Coursed red sandstone ashlar; polished granite base course. Corniced string courses; raised cill course at 2nd floor; architraved cill course at 3rd floor; corniced eaves. Whitewashed harl at sides.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: shop at ground in bay to outer right; pend entry (No 2) off-set to right of centre; round-arched plate-glass fanlight set in architraved surround above; glazed-tile vestibule within; licensed premised at ground in remaining bays to left of centre; mosiac-tile floor detail. Single windows at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors in central bay; 3-light canted windows at all floors in bays to outer left and right. Slightly raised armorial panel off-set to right of centre at 2nd floor with swept hoodmould; "JMM 1908" below.

Replacement uPVC windows at 1st floor; 2-pane timber sash and case windows at 2nd and 3rd floors. Grey slate roof; raised stone skews; corniced red sandstone ashlar wallhead stack to NW off-set to right of centre; apex stacks to NE and SW; various circular cans.

INTERIOR GOLFERS' BAR: Glasgow Art Nouveau style bar and gantry. Extensive timber panelling; timber bar comprising mirrored panels, Corinthian-columned timber balusters, stained glass cupboard-fronts, dentil detailing beneath round- and inverted ogee-arched cornice. Floral frieze surmounting equally disposed golf-range maps; painted strapwork ceiling decoration.

Statement of Interest

Walker sites this block as being "high urban" in style. Notable public house interior. Designed by the same architect who built Nos 32 - 36 East Princes Street 2 years beforehand.

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 Q77770065 Q77770069

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