General view from S showing late 20th century flatted development at 1-46 Ladeside Street, Rothesay, Bute

Description General view from S showing late 20th century flatted development at 1-46 Ladeside Street, Rothesay, Bute

Date 21/5/2012

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

Catalogue Number DP 139590

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Rothesay was an industrial town and commercial port long before its expansion due to tourism. The earliest industries set up to take advantage of the water supply from the Water of Fad, and in 1779, Scotland's second cotton mill was established in Rothesay by James Kenyon. A number of small mills were established, basing themselves around Barone Road, Russell Street and Mill Street. The focus for the town's industry remains in this vicinity today. Much of the original burgh High Street running north-south through the town was demolished and replaced with new social housing during the 1960s and 1970s. This continued into the 1980s, with the building of Ladeside Place, creating a mixed development of terraced houses and flats within a series of cul-de-sacs. This development is fairly typical of the period, being very plain with no decorative features, only using differing shades of cream to brown harling and varying roofline heights and angles to provide interest. Much of the former centre of Rothesay burgh was redeveloped during the late 20th century. The south (Stuart Street) and west (King Street) sides of Castle moat were redeveloped during the 1960s/1970s to provide the new library and leisure centre, a large telephone exchange and offices for the Job Centre and Inland Revenue.

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