General view of 41, 43, 45 and 47 Montague Street, Rothesay, Bute, from NE

Description General view of 41, 43, 45 and 47 Montague Street, Rothesay, Bute, from NE

Date 29/6/2011

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

Catalogue Number DP 106316

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Rothesay grew up around the 13th-century circular Castle, becoming a royal burgh in 1400/1. The town expanded north along the High Street until two major phases of land reclamation in the 18th and 19th century. This shifted the main axis of the town along the shoreline, with the creation of Montague Street (mid- to late 18th century) and Victoria Street (1839-40). Subsequent development of the town took place along the shoreline, particularly as the town’s popularity as a tourist destination grew during the 19th century. The town centre has developed in a fairly ad hoc manner, as with so many historic towns. This has continued into the 21st century with redevelopment of historic buildings such as the Court House and other smaller infill. Built in 1979, 41-45 Montague Street (currently Lloyds TSB) is an unusual design by Roxby, Park & Baird consisting of a series of elements from Scottish architecture such as crowsteps, corbelling and a harled and whitewashed finish. This small building partly occupies the former site of the Norman Stewart Institute. This institute and temperance building was built in 1883-4 to plans by local architect John Russell Thomson (1843-1910), and was endowed to the town by the trustees of Norman Stewart formerly a native of Rothesay, latterly of Virginia in the USA. Established to provide recreation facilities for Rothesay residents, it contained a restaurant, conference hall and rooms for reading, writing, billiard and general recreation. The building was demolished in 1974.

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