View of 1 Alma Terrace, Rothesay, Bute, from NE

Description View of 1 Alma Terrace, Rothesay, Bute, from NE

Date 28/6/2011

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number DP 101663

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Rothesay continued to expand along the shoreline during the 19th and early 20th century. Restricted by the rocky hill and Skeoch Wood to the north/north-west, this area takes a linear form running along the shoreline, with only the main road and the Bathing Place occupying the the narrowest strip of flat land. Rothesay was still a popular tourist destination well into the 20th century, as seen by the continuing expansion during the early 1900s. This large detached house sits in an elevated position on a short cul-de-sac terrace overlooking the town centre and industrial area of Rothesay. Built in the mid-19th century, 1 Alma Terrace is a two-storeyed, three-bayed plain Classical villa which has subsequently been sub-divided into flats. The front elevation has dressed stonework while the rear is random rubble. All elevations have white-painted window and door elevations. The rear elevation has a central, projecting full-height extension, with an adjoining external stair leading to the entrance to the upper flat. Alma Terrace is the first of five cul-de-sac terraces built during the mid-19th century off the steeply sloping Ballochgoy Road leading up from the town centre. It consists of three villas, mostly now sub-divided, and is the longest of the terraces here, which are surrounded by 20th- and 21st-century local authority/housing association housing development.

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