Description

Mid 19th century. Classically-detailed, symmetrical 3-storey with attic, 2-bay tenement forming end of terrace with shops at ground. Yellow sandstone ashlar; raised, polised sandstone margins. Raised base course; dentil detailing beneath ground floor consoled cornice; corniced eaves. Architraved, corniced and consoled windows at 1st floor; architraved surrounds to 2nd floor windows; corbelled cills.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: shops at ground; mosaic-tile floor; small-paned glazing rows beneath ground floor cornice (plate-glass to right, opaque-glass to left); replacement timber door at ground to outer left (access to upper flats). Single windows in both bays at 1st and 2nd floors; 3-light canted dormers aligned above.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows (replacement window at 2nd floor in bay to outer left); 4-pane timber sash and case dormers. Graded grey slate roof; corniced wallhead stack to outer left comprising splayed base, decorative fluting; cans missing.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

Statement of Interest

An interesting block with some good detailing - in particular, the prominent cornice, consoled 1st floor windows and small-paned glazing above the shops.

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 Q77770219

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