Description

Mid to later 19th century former manse; converted to 3 separate flats mid to later 20th century. 2-storey with basement, 3-bay plain classical style; symmetrical at front; alterations at rear. Harl-pointed random rubble sandstone; raised, polished margins; pilastered quoins. Raised base course; lintel course beneath corniced eaves. Stugged long and short rubble surrounds to openings; projecting cills; columnar doorpiece. Harled single storey, single bay outbuilding to NE (former coach-house); single storey, 3-bay whin rubble outbuilding to E (former stables).

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: replacement door centred at ground; modern fanlight; projecting doorpiece comprising flanking Doric columns, plain frieze, cornice, block pediment. Regularly fenestrated in remaining bays at both floors.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: stair to 2-leaf timber door centred at 1st floor (entrance upper flat); single windows in bays to outer left and right. Balustraded platform to modern door at ground off-set to left of centre; small single window at centre; single windows in bays to outer left and right. Basement flat comprising modern door off-set to left of centre; single windows in bays to left and right.

Modern aluminium windows to front and rear; replacement rainwater goods. Grey slate piended roof; raised stone skews; corniced apex stacks to N (sandstone) and S (brick replacement); various circular cans.

OUTBUILDING (FORMER COACH-HOUSE): blind single window centred beneath apex to W; garage opening centred to S. Graded grey slate roof; raised skews.

W ELEVATION OUTBUILDING (FORMER STABLES): single boarded timber door centred at ground; single window in bay to outer right; slit opening in bay to outer left. Graded grey slate roof; raised skews; corniced apex stacks to N and S (cans missing).

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPEIRS: rubble coped random rubble wall to Minister's Brae; square-plan sandstone piers flanking entrance; prominent cornices (detached and off-centre to right). Round-arched coping to rubble wall to Mount Pleasant Road; stugged dressings.

Statement of Interest

Listed despite internal subdivision, replacement glazing and alterations at rear. With its surviving outbuildings, boundary walls and relatively intact front elevation, the whole retains a degree of architectural interest. The 1863 map shows the Reformed Presbyterian Church to the NE. By 1896, this has become the Free Parish Mission Church. Following its conversion, the manse became known as Hewison House.

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 Q77770170

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)