7, 8, 14 And 15 Victoria Place, Marine Road, Port Bannatyne

Later 19th century. Group of 3 2-storey with attic, 5-bay plain classical houses forming 15-bay stepped terrace on sloping site; subdivided; entered at front and rear. Coursed rubble sandstone with cherry-cocking; tooled cream sandstone dressings. Raised band course at principal floor; lintel course beneath corniced eaves. Cream rubble quoins; cream rubble long and short surrounds to polished openings; projecting cills; pilastered doorpieces. Harl-pointed random rubble sandstone at sides and rear; stugged red rubble quoins; stugged rubble long and short surrounds to polished openings; cast-iron balustraded stairs to 1st floor entries Nos 14 & 15 and 16 & 17; modern railed stair to No 18 & 19.

N (FRONT) ELEVATION, NOS 7, 8, 14 & 15: steps to timber panelled door centred at ground; bipartite fanlight; surrounding doorpiece comprising flanking pilasters, plain frieze, cornice, block pediment, raised keystone. Single windows at both floors in remaining bays flanking entrance; 3-light canted dormers in bays to outer left and right. NOS 6, 16 & 17: as above. NOS 4, 5, 18 & 19: steps to double entrance centred at ground comprising timber panelled doors to left (No 4) and right (No 5); bipartite fanlights; surrounding bipartite doorpiece as above. Single windows at ground in bays flanking centre; single windows in all bays at 1st floor. 3-light canted dormer in bay to outer right; large box-dormer to left of centre.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: irregular disposition of openings at ground. Balustraded stairs to double 1st floor entries centred in each block; timber panelled doors; bipartite fanlights; flanking single windows. 3-light canted dormers in bays to outer left and right of Nos 15 & 15 and 16 & 17; 3-light canted dormer in bay to outer left No 18; full-width box-dormer to No 19.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case glazing; 10-pane lying-pane glazing to No 16; 4-pane upper, plate-glass lower timber sash and case glazing to No 5; some replacement glazing at front and rear; various skylights. Graded grey slate roof; raised stone skews; replacement rainwater goods. Corniced sandstone ridge and apex stacks (coped rendered stacks to W); predominantly octagonal cans.

INTERIORS: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped boundary wall enclosing site to front. Random rubble sandstone wall at rear.