General view from NE showing 53 and 54 Mount Stuart Road (Royal Terrace), Craigmore, Rothesay, Bute

Description General view from NE showing 53 and 54 Mount Stuart Road (Royal Terrace), Craigmore, Rothesay, Bute

Date 23/5/2012

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

Catalogue Number DP 139612

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Craigmore developed as a destination for the wealthier residents and visitors to Rothesay during the 19th century. It consists of detached and semi-detached villas set in medium to large-sized plots along the shoreline. Its development was restricted by Common Hill rising steeply behind. The group of five double villas at 45-54 Mount Stuart Road form John Duncan's Royal Terrace dating from 1877. All villas display features reminiscent of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, a very common feature in Craigmore. In particular, as seen here at 54 (left) and 53 (right), they display deep eaves to the shallow-pitchedroofs with ornate timber brackets. There are also decorative cast-iron balustrades above the outer canted bay windows and below the four central round-arched first-floor windows. The windows on the front elevation are large to take full advantage of the view and maximise the light into the buildings. Mount Stuart Road consists of four sets of similar double-villa terraces: Wimbleton, Royal Terrace, Albany Terrace and Elysium Terrace. These terraces were built by prominent local architects John Orkney (1828-1909) and John Duncan (1835-1912), both of whom carried out a large number of developments elsewhere in Rothesay.

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