Description

Circa 1820. 3-storey tenement with shops at ground forming end of terrace; 4-bay to Montague Street (S); single bay to Tower Street (E). Painted render at ground; cherry-cocked grey rubble sandstone to upper floors. Corniced eaves; stugged pink rubble sandstone quoins; stugged long and short surrounds to polished openings; projecting cills.

S (MONTAGUE STREET) ELEVATION: replacement part-glazed timber door at ground in central bay; opaque fanlight; shops to left and right; heavy blocking course above. Regularly fenestrated in all bays at 1st and 2nd floors; slightly recessed full-height bow to outer right angle comprising replacement door at ground, single windows at both floors above.

E (TOWER STREET) ELEVATION: shop at ground. Single windows at both floors in single bay off-set to right of centre.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; rendered apex stack to W (cans missing).

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

Statement of Interest

B Group with Nos 60 and 62 Montague Street, No 37 Victoria Street and Nos 39 and 41 Victoria Street (see separate list entries). Forms an interesting block with the adjacent Nos 70 - 74 Montague Street and an impressive entrance to Tower Street.

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 Q77770182

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