General view of derelict red brick former bakery at 6-8 East Princes Street, Rothesay, Bute, from W

Description General view of derelict red brick former bakery at 6-8 East Princes Street, Rothesay, Bute, from W

Date 6/3/2012

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

Catalogue Number DP 135300

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 c.1919 by the Co-operative Wholesale Society, this former bakery at 6-8 East Princes Street, sits behind a range of tenements fronting the main road along the shore. Four-storeyed, it is built of red brick with contrasting yellow brick dressings to windows, quoins and doorways, and has two projecting four- and five-storeyed towers on the front elevation. The building has a concrete and steel structure, and it is believed that original ovens, lifts and white tiled wall are still in situ. The bakery closed in 1967 after many years of providing employment and bakery products for the local area. Many of the products were sent across the west coast and islands including Arran and Cumbrae. Work began in 2012 to convert the building to flats.

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