Description

Circa 1865; alterations later 20th century. Near-symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay gabled house. Harl-pointed rubble sandstone; polished yellow sandstone dressings. Band course at principal floor; overhanging timber eaves. Tooled rubble quoins; tooled long and short surrounds to chamfered openings; stone mullions. Gabled round-arched windows breaking eaves at 1st floor; decorative timber bargeboards; window-boxes with turned timber uprights, scalloped timber balustrades. Steel-balustraded stair recessed to outer right (entrance former 1st floor flat).

NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to 2-leaf boarded timber door centred at ground; cast-iron fittings; slightly roll-moulded surround; tapering finial surmounting small round-arched attic window above. Bipartite window at ground in bay to outer right; consoled window-box beneath single window centred in finialed gable above. 3-light canted window at ground in bay to outer left; piended roof supporting window-box beneath single window centred in finialed gable above.

2- and 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof; decorative rainwater goods to outer left and right. Coped apex stacks to SE and NW; octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

OUTBUILDING: piended single storey, harl-pointed random rubble outbuilding recessed to S. Grey slate roof; wallhead stack to SE; single octagonal can.

BOUNDARY WALL: round-arched rubble coping to harl-pointed random rubble wall enclosing site to NE and SE.

Statement of Interest

Retains a degree of architectural interest despite stair to side (the house was made into 2 flats in 1964 but has since reverted to its original state). Note the decorative bargeboards, finialed gables, original rainwater goods and window-boxes. Forms a pair with No 22 Marine Place (see separate list entry).

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 Q77770126 Q77770130

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