View of Boat House, Ascog, Rothesay, Bute, from W

Description View of Boat House, Ascog, Rothesay, Bute, from W

Date 9/6/2011

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

Catalogue Number DP 102475

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 early to mid-19th century, this single-storeyed gabled boat house sits directly adjacent to the main coastal road through Ascog. There is a large timber boarded door within a round-arched opening on the roadside. Boats would have been launched down the slipway directly behind the boat house into the bay. The boat house is adjacent to the single-storeyed Ascog Cottage, also built in the early to mid-19th century. With the single-storeyed, semi-detached pair of cottages, Tyrone Cottage and Stella Matatina, built in the late 19th century further to the north, this is the most densely developed part of Ascog, but there is still a feeling of openness around the buildings.

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