View from N showing cherrycocked stonework on front elevation of 4-19 Victoria Place, Marine Road, Port Bannatyne, Bute

Description View from N showing cherrycocked stonework on front elevation of 4-19 Victoria Place, Marine Road, Port Bannatyne, Bute

Date 22/5/2012

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

Catalogue Number DP 136451

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Originally known as Kamesburgh, Port Bannatyne grew up as a fishing village to the north-west of the main town of Rothesay. However, during the 19th century, when Rothesay's popularity as a tourist destination and a pleasant place to live by the seaside was at its peak, the town stretched out to join up the coastal strip between Port Bannatyne in the north-west and Ascog in the south-east. This group of terraced houses on Victoria Place, at the east end of Marine Road, have been built with cherrycocked stonework to the main elevations. This style of stonework can be found throughout Rothesay, and consists of small stones being inserted in the joints between larger stones. Most still retain original single pane sash and case windows at ground and first floors. All have dressed stone surrounds to windows, pilastered entrance doorways and extended into the attics, mostly with traditional-style canted Scotch dormers. This terrace was built to give the impression of being four separate two-storeyed houses, but are in fact flatted, with rear entrances to the upper flats. This particular terrace has an appearance not unlike the ‘Colonies’ developments of artisan housing built in Edinburgh, Inverurie and elsewhere in Scotland in the latter half of the 19th century as an alternative to the more traditional tenement.

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