View of 1, 2, 3 and 4 Lilyoak Terrace, Rothesay, Bute, from NE

Description View of 1, 2, 3 and 4 Lilyoak 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 101684

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 pair of semi-detached houses 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, Lilyoak Terrace comprises two semi-detached villas. Both have been sub-divided into flats, with the upper storeys reached by curving, cast-iron-balustraded staircases on the rear elevation. Both are fairly plain two-storeyed, four-bayed built of dressed stonework. Lilyoak Terrace is the fourth of five cul-de-sac terraces built during the mid-19th century off the steeply sloping Ballochgoy Road leading up from the town centre. The group of terraces are surrounded by 20th- and 21st-century local authority/housing association housing development.

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