1-5 Marine Court, Argyle Street, Rothesay, Bute

Mid to later 19th century. Near-symmetrical, 2-storey with attic, 3-bay former hotel forming end of terrace; converted to form separate flats late 20th century; single storey, single bay entrance recessed to outer right (Nos 1-5); entrance at rear (Nos 7-8). Squared and snecked stugged red sandstone; raised, polished dressings. Raised base course; corniced eaves. Corniced, consoled surrounds to ground floor windows; projecting cills; stone mullions to bipartites; corniced, canted windows at centre; round-arched attic windows set in Mansard roof.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: replacement timber panelled door at ground in bay to outer left (No 6); plate-glass fanlight; surrounding doorpiece comprising consoled cornice, round-arched pediment, decorative cast-iron porch with foliate detailing, barley-sugar Corinthian columns on low coped flanking walls advanced to front. Bipartite windows at both floors in bay to right of entrance; 3-light canted windows at both floors in penultimate bay to outer right; bipartite windows at both floors in bay to outer right; 5 attic windows equally disposed. Replacement door centred in flat-roofed bay recessed to right.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows (6- and 8-pane to canted windows). Graded grey slate Mansard roof; raised stone skews; cast-iron brattishing; coursed sandstone apex stack to N, octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL, GATEPIERS AND RAILINGS: low coped red sandstone wall to Argyle Street; square-plan gatepiers flanking entrances to right and left, pyramidal caps; foliate cast-iron railings.