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Summary

Description

John Orkney, dated 1875. Asymmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay Alexander Thomson style double villa forming part of symmetrical terrace. Grouped 1-1-1; stepped gable recessed at centre; advanced gables to outer left and right. Coursed cream sandstone ashlar; polished sandstone dressings. Raised base course; corniced openings at ground in bays to outer left and right; raised string course; overhanging timber eaves. Sandstone pilaster mullions; chamfered cills; columnar doorpiece to No 35.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 5-light glazing row at ground off-set to left of centre; modern, 2-leaf small-paned door set in Ionic-columned doorpiece to right; 4-light glazing row centred in broken gable at 1st floor; blind armorial panel beneath apex. 5-light bow at ground in advanced, gabled bay to outer right; 3-light bow at 1st floor beneath apex. Projecting 5-light windows at both floors in advanced, gabled bay to outer left. Corniced side entrance to No 36.

2-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; replacement rainwater goods. Coped and corniced ridge and wallhead stacks; predominantly decorative circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: low coped random rubble wall to Mount Stuart Road; round-arched architraved datestone inscribed "Elysium 1875 JO" (John Orkney) at centre. Square-plan, panelled sandstone piers; square caps surmounting 4 corniced, round-arched pediments.

Statement of Special Interest

B Group with Nos 33 & 34, 37, 38 & 39, 41 & 42 and 43 & 44 Mount Stuart Road, Elysium Terrace (see separate list entries). One of 5 double villas designed to form a symmetrical terrace to be viewed as a complete entity (paired with Nos 41 & 42). This emphasis on sea-front symmetry bears strong affinity with other developments along Mount Stuart Road - the earlier Nos 19-27 Mount Stuart Road, Wimbleton and the later Royal Terrace, 1877, and Albany Terrace, 1882 (see separate list entries). Elysium Terrace has retained significant architectural interest despite the addition of dormers and extensive loss of bargeboard detailing. Note the overall symmetry, decorative circular cans, sash and case windows, sandstone pilaster mullions and unusual gatepiers. Lawson cites John Orkney as having been behind this development (note the inscription on the date stone) - he was also responsible for Nos 19-27 Mount Stuart Road, Wimbleton and Nos 27 & 28 Craigmore Road (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).

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