1-4 Beatie Court, Battery Place, Rothesay, Bute

John R Thomson, 1875; conversion to swimming baths earlier 20th century; conversion to flatted accommodation at front, warehouse at rear later 20th century. Symmetrical single storey with basement and attic, 9-bay former aquarium in neo-Classical style (arranged 2-2-1-2-2). 5 bays to centre, 2-bay single storey wings recessed to outer left and right. Yellow sandstone ashlar; rusticated basement; raised ashlar dressings. Raised base course; eaves course beneath corniced 1st floor eaves; blocking course surmounting corniced attic eaves. Prominent ashlar quoins; raised blocks surrounding round-arched ground floor openings; stylised block-corbels beneath architraved cills; pedimented, columnar entrance.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: low curved corniced wall flanking swept stair to 2-leaf timber panelled door centred at ground; architraved surround, flanking pilasters, raised keystone; pedimented porch comprising Corinthian pilasters to left and right of entrance, advanced Corinthian columns, plain frieze, dentil detailing beneath cornice. Single windows in all bays at ground; balustraded parapets recessed to outer left and right; urn-shaped corner finials. 5-bay central attic comprising advanced blind bay to centre, flanking pilasters, surmounting block pediment; 2 single windows off-set to left and right of centre. 2-leaf multi-paned patio doors flank entrance at basement; tripartite windows in remaining bays to outer left and right.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-leaf boarded timber door centred at ground; architraved doorpiece, raised keystone; 3 blind windows aligned above. Single storey, 2-bay block to outer right comprising round-arched blind windows in both bays; pilastered and balustraded parapet.

Predominantly 9-pane replacement timber windows. Flat roof to front block; corrugated-iron pitch at rear.

BOUNDARY WALL AND PIERS: low coped tooled sandstone wall to Battery Place; square-plan piers flanking entrance; ball finials surmounting ashlar base to outer left and right.