37 Mountstuart Road, Rothesay, Bute

John Orkney, dated 1875. Near-symmetrical 2-storey with attic, 7-bay Alexander Thomson style triple villa forming centre of symmetrical terrace; converted for hotel use. Grouped 1-1-3-1-1; advanced at centre, outer left and right; gabled outer bays. Coursed sandstone ashlar; polished sandstone dressings. Raised base course; architraved string course; sandstone corbels beneath decorative balustrades surmounting central entrances and canted bay to outer left; overhanging timber eaves. Predominantly square-headed windows (round-arched windows at ground to outer left and right); pilaster mullions; raised surrounds at 1st floor; large dormer at centre. Random rubble sandstone at sides and rear.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: replacement window centred at ground; 4-light canted window aligned at 1st floor; 3-light canted dormer above. 2-leaf timber panelled doors set in round-arched surrounds in bays flanking centre; plate-glass fanlights; balustraded parapets surmounting doorpieces; single windows at 1st floor; single attic windows above. 4-light glazing rows at ground in penultimate bays to outer left and right; bipartite windows aligned at 1st floor; bipartite dormers above (gabled to left). 4-light canted windows at ground in advanced, gabled bays to outer left and right; 4-light canted window at 1st floor in bay to outer right; canted attic window beneath apex; flush tripartite window at 1st floor in bay to outer left; round-arched attic window beneath apex.

2-pane timber sash and case windows; some replacement glazing centred at ground. Grey slate roof; replacement rainwater goods. Coped ridge and wallhead stacks; predominantly decorative circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: low coped random rubble wall to Mount Stuart Road; round-arched architraved datestone inscribed "Elysium 1875 JO" (John Orkney) at centre. Square-plan, panelled sandstone piers; square caps surmounting 4 corniced, round-arched pediments.