1 Ardbeg Road, Rothesay, Bute

Mid to later 19th century; alterations and additions mid to later 20th century. Asymmetrical 3-storey, 3-bay flatted house entered at front and rear; full-height 5-light bow in bay to outer left; bowed stair tower at rear adjoining later lean-to additions. Painted coursed rubble sandstone; painted render dressings; corniced eaves. Basket-arched windows at ground and 1st floors; square-headed windows at 2nd floor; painted render surrounds; decorative cast-iron columnar mullions; projecting cills. Harl-pointed rubble sandstone sides; harled 2nd floor addition at rear; whitewashed rubble additions. Single storey, 2-bay pitched outbuilding to NW.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: part-glazed timber panelled door centred at ground; plate-glass fanlight set in round-arched surround; double- bracketed, round-arched timber canopy; decorative bargeboard, consoled finial; single windows aligned at 1st and 2nd floors. Tripartite windows at ground and 1st floors in bay to outer right; bipartite window aligned above; 5-light bowed windows at all floors in bay to outer left.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: single windows at ground and 1st floors in bay to outer right; part-stained stair window centred in bowed tower off-set to right of centre; lean-to additions in remaining bays to left; single windows unevenly disposed at 2nd floor.

2-pane timber sash and case windows at 1st floor; replacement windows at ground and 2nd floors; part-stained, opaque-glazed stair window at rear. Original pitched roof made flat with additional 2nd floor; corniced wallhead stacks to N and S; various octagonal cans.

REAR STAIR: timber panelled door at ground in re-entrant angle facing S; communal stair comprising timber treads, decorative cast-iron uprights, timber handrail; large stair window set in chamfered recess; access to 3 flats from 1st floor.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

E ELEVATION OUTBUILDING: single window off-set to left of centre; single door off-set to right; graded grey slate pitch.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: coped whitewashed render wall to Ardbeg Road; corniced square-plan piers to outer left and right; replacement cast-iron pedestrian entry gate to ground floor flat.