House at rear of Rothesay Pavilion
Date 10 November 2008
Event ID 910694
Category Management
Type Site Management
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/910694
Former house/ lodge to Rothesay Pavilion. Part-glazed timber door centred at ground; flanking stylised pilasters; single windows in bays to left and right; cantilevered canopy above; single window centred at 1st floor. Single windows centred at both floors. Flat roof; coped central stack; circular can.
With the beginning of a new century and holiday-makers now free to travel with their cars, sea-side resorts were forced to do as much as possible to make themselves attractive. Thus, the emergence of leisure pavilions such as those in Dunoon, Prestwick, Gourock and Rothesay. Here, with a dance hall forming the bulk of the structure, glazing rows and cantilevered canopies, Carrick designed a pavilion which offered "...the Glasgow holidaymaker an experience at the forefront of style in Scotland" (McKean p86).( Historic Scotland)
