View of rear elevations from S showing 'Colonies style' entrances to 4-19 Victoria Place, Marine Road, Port Bannatyne, Bute

Description View of rear elevations from S showing 'Colonies style' entrances to 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 136454

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, were built to give the impression from the front elevation that they were individual two-storeyed dwellings. However, as this view shows, they are in fact flatted properties with the upper flats reached by cast-iron balustraded stairs. This gives the terrace an appearance not unlike the 'Colonies' developments of artisan housing built in Edinburgh, Inverurie and elsewhere in Scotland in te latter half of the 19th century as an alternative to the more traditional tenement. The stonework on this elevation is random rubble while the front elevation is built with cherrycocked stonework. 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, and have been extended into the attics, mainly with traditional-style canted Scotch dormers.

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