Shelter, Cabbie's Rest, Mid Pier is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 March 1997. Shelter. 1 related planning application.
Shelter, Cabbie's Rest, Mid Pier
- WRENN ID
- drifting-pavement-furze
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1997
- Type
- Shelter
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Alexander Stephen (Burgh Engineer), 1930. Single-storey, 10-bay cast-iron shelter with glazed roof (relocated from West Pier to Mid Pier - 2010) and former cabbie's office/store (remaining on West Pier). Originally the taxi cab staging area for vistors arriving in Rothesay by steamer (see Notes).
CABBIE'S REST SHELTER (MID PIER): 10-bay, rectangular-plan shelter with 22 equally-disposed cast-iron columns; riveted cast-iron trusses with curving collar-braces; opaque-glazed piended roof. Decorative cast-iron frieze to E, N and S elevations. Half-engaged columns to W with infill panels and 8-pane tripartite glazing set between. Ornamental cast-iron finials to N and S.
FORMER OFFICE/STORE (WEST PIER): Map Ref: NS 08818 64763. 3-bay, square-plan, cast-iron former cabbie's office/store with raised plinth and engaged corner columns. Door to W. Multi-pane margin-light glazing pattern with opaque multi-coloured stained glass.
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