Description

Circa 1865; subdivided mid to later 20th century. Near-symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay flatted house entered at ground to front (NE) and side (SE). Squared and snecked stugged yellow sandstone; polished yellow sandstone dressings. Band course at principal floor; overhanging timber eaves. Polished surrounds to chamfered openings; stone mullions. Gabled round-arched windows breaking eaves at 1st floor; decorative timber bargeboards; window-boxes with turned timber uprights, decorative timber balustrades. Harl-pointed rubble at rear; 2-storey, single bay harled addition to outer right; whitewashed rubble single storey, 4-bay outbuilding to NW (shared with adjacent No 23).

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

2- and 4-pane timber sash and case windows at ground; replacement glazing at 1st floor. Graded grey slate roof; replacement rainwater goods to outer left and right. Coped apex stacks to SE and NW; octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

OUTBUILDING: single window in penultimate bay to outer right; boarded timber doors in remaining bays to left and right; graded grey slate roof; corniced red-brick apex stack; cans missing.

BOUNDARY WALL: round-arched rubble coping to part-rendered random rubble wall to Marine Place.

Statement of Interest

Retains a degree of architectural interest despite rear addition, modern glazing at 1st floor, the loss of finials and replacement rainwater goods. Note the decorative bargeboards and window-boxes. Forms a pair with No 19 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 Q77770134 Q77770139

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  For the Record
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)