Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

RHU VILLAGE, RHU ROAD, ARMADALELB19524

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
08/09/1980
Local Authority
Argyll And Bute
Planning Authority
Argyll And Bute
Parish
Rhu
NGR
NS 27445 83610
Coordinates
227445, 683610

Description

Earlier 19th century with some modern additions. 2-storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan villa. Cream harling with honeycoloured sandstone dressings and margins. Chamfered reveals; base course; quoin strips. Projecting bracketted eaves.

E ELEVATION: 3-bay, near-symmetrical block. Gable breaking eaves at centre bay; delicate, cast-iron, open- work porch at ground, timber roof; 2-leaf panelled doors; half-glazed vestibule doors with large 4-lying-pane fanlight. Tall window with block pediment at 1st floor. Slightly projecting, square bay window to left; moulded corbels supporrt cast-iron window guard/ window box at 1st floor window. Triparite, ashlar mullioned window at ground to right at 1st floor.

S ELEVATION: broad, advanced gabled bay to outer right; full-height, sandstone, canted window; centre window tripartite upper panes, plate glass lower; 4-lying-pane for sidelights. Lower 3-bay block to left, bay grouped to right. 2 windows symmetrically disposed to left, French- doors to right. Windows at 1st floor.

W ELEVATION: broad gable, windows symmetrically disposed to outer left; narrow window at ground to outer right. Dry-dashed ashlar coped wall to left; panelled door with rectangular fanlight to right; 2 windows (12-pane sash and case) at centre; wall terminates in round-arched pedestrian gateway with elaborate wrought-iron gate; gives access from entrance front to W.

N ELEVATION: gable to left, single window at 1st floor; single window at right return. Recessed asymmetrical block to right. Modern, flat-roofed, timber and dry dash, garage block extends to outer right.

4- over 6-lying-pane glazing. Grey slate roof; paired, pedestalled and corniced ridge stacks; broad stack at W end; octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: cast-iron balustrade to stair; plain plasterwork.

Statement of Special Interest

The land where Armadale stands was known as Lagarie Croft and belonged to the Buchanan family. The villa is shown on the 1st edition map but without the wing to the N.

References

Bibliography

OS 1st and 2nd edition 25" County Series, 1858, 1896-7. F A Walker & F Sinclair THE NORTH CLYDE ESTUARY (1992) p94. G R Stocks 'The Mansions of Rhu' in SCOTLAND'S MAGAZINE 54.3, March 1958, pp20-3.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

If part of a building is not listed, it will say that it is excluded in the statutory address and in the statement of special interest in the listed building record. The statement will use the word 'excluding' and quote the relevant section of the 1997 Act. Some earlier listed building records may use the word 'excluding', but if the Act is not quoted, the record has not been revised to reflect subsequent legislation.

Listed building consent is required for changes to a listed building which affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest. The relevant planning authority is the point of contact for applications for listed building consent.

Find out more about listing and our other designations at www.historicenvironment.scot/advice-and-support. You can contact us on 0131 668 8914 or at designations@hes.scot.

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