View of Millburn House, Ascog, Rothesay, Bute, from E

Description View of Millburn House, Ascog, Rothesay, Bute, from E

Date 9/6/2011

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

Catalogue Number DP 102435

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Ascog was a fairly dispersed, largely linear settlement until the mid- to late 19th century boom in building to meet the needs of the tourist trade saw Rothesay expanding to the extremities of Port Bannatyne in the north and Ascog in the south. This area became popular with wealthy Glasgow industrialists and merchants looking to set up a home from home on the island. As a result many of the dwellings here are large detached villas set in extensive grounds. Dating from the mid- to late 19th century, Millburn House sits in a large plot overlooking Ascog Bay. Probably built for one of Rothesay's wealthier residents or visitors, it demonstrates some of the decorative woodwork and ironwork which is found throughout the town. In particular, the projecting tripartite ground-floor windows flank a decorative cast-iron porch with ornate slender columns and a foliate-design frieze above. The first-floor pointed-arch windows have ornate cast-iron balconettes, and the left gable is topped with a spiky cast-iron finial. The timber bargeboards on the gables are also ornately decorated, with splayed crosses within the apex and at the base on each side. There is a small triangular dormer in the centre between the tall gables, a feature which can be seen on many properties of this period across the town.

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