14 Crichton Road, Rothesay, Bute

Late 19th century (circa 1885?). Pair of 2-storey, 3-bay flatted houses forming symmetrical 6-bay block. Coursed stugged yellow sandstone; polished sandstone dressings. Raised base course; corniced bays at ground; timber bracketed corniced eaves. Shouldered openings at both floors; chamfered reveals; chamfered cills; architraved hoodmoulds above single 1st floor windows; octagonal French-pavilion-towers to outer left and right (cast-iron brattishing to right). Stop-chamfered door surrounds; flanking scrolled detailing at base; round-arched, double-bracketed timber entrance canopies comprising timber fretwork, architraved surrounds, surmounting anthemion details, foliate finials. Harl-pointed rubble at sides.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to 2-leaf timber panelled doors at ground in penultimate bays to outer right (No 14) and left (No 15); dentil detailing beneath plate-glass fanlights; projecting round-arched canopies. Single windows aligned at 1st floor; 3-light canted windows at both floors beneath octagonal towers in bays to outer right and left; 2 tripartite windows at both floors in slightly advanced central bays.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows; modern glazing at 1st floor No 14. Grey slate roof; fish-scale slate detailing to French-pavilion-towers; small, slightly bell-cast grey slate piends surmounting advanced central bays. Coped central stack; circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL: low coped whitewashed wall to Crichton Road; square-plan piers flanking entrance No 15 (missing No 14).