15 Craigmore Road, Rothesay, Bute

Mid to later 19th century. Near-symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay house with advanced gabled bays to outer left and right; gabled porch centred at ground. Harl-pointed random rubble sandstone; raised, painted margins; painted strip quoins. Polished sandstone base course; overhanging timber eaves; tapering timber finials surmounting gables. Stugged rubble sandstone quoins; stugged long and short surrounds to chamfered openings. Whitewashed rubble sandstone single storey with attic, 2-bay pitched outbuilding at rear; adjoining single storey, 5-bay outbuilding.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to replacement glazed door centred at ground; plate-glass fanlight; advanced porch comprising timber pilasters, architraved round arch beneath modillioned apex. Single window at 1st floor above entrance; single windows at both floors in slightly advanced bay to outer left. 3-light canted window at ground in advanced bay to outer right; decorative cast-iron parapet (part missing); single window centred in apex at 1st floor.

Predominantly lying-pane upper, 2-pane lower timber sash and case windows; 10-pane lying-pane glazing centred at 1st floor. Graded grey slate roof; replacement rainwater goods. Coped apex stacks to N and S; various octagonal and circular cans.

INTERIOR: timber skirting boards; plaster cornice-work; timber panelled doors; decorative cast-iron balustraded stair; timber handrail.

OUTBUILDINGS: single opening at ground in bay to outer left; boarded hayloft centred above; garage (coach-house?) opening in bay to right. Adjoining building comprising boarded timber doors in bay to outer left and penultimate bay to outer right; bipartite window in penultimate bay to outer left; single windows in remaining bays.

GARAGE: Circa 1910. Arts and Crafts timber garage with 2-leaf timber panelled doors with stained-glass glazing, decorative King-post bargeboard to front gable, and 2 stained glass windows to side elevation. Shingle roof.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: round-arched rubble coping to harl-pointed rubble wall to Craigmore Road; curved whitewashed walls flanking entrance. Stop-chamfered, whitewashed square-plan piers; pyramidal caps; gates missing.