2 Upper Union Street, Rothesay, Bute

Dated 1772; rehabilitated 1985. Symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay plain classical style flatted house forming end of terrace; entered at front (ground floor) and rear (1st floor). Random red rubble sandstone; polished red sandstone dressings. Raised eaves course; corniced eaves. Prominent long and short quoins; tooled long and short rubble surrounds to polished openings; pilastered entrance. Harl-pointed rubble at rear; raised, rendered surrounds; exterior red-brick stair centred at rear.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber panelled door centred at ground; 5-light fanlight; surrounding doorpiece comprising fluted Doric pilasters, triglyph frieze detailing, cornice. Single window aligned above entrance; single windows at both floors in bays to outer left and right.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: cast-iron balustraded stair to upper entrance centred at 1st floor; timber panelled door; small single window in bay to right. Single windows at both floors in bays to outer left and right.

Replacement 12-pane timber sash and case windows to Union Street; replacement 2-pane timber glazing to rear. Graded grey slate roof; raised skews; rendered, corniced apex stacks; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL: low coped random rubble wall to Union Street; replacement timber pedestrian entry gate.