St Andrews R.C. Church Hall, Bridgend Street, Rothesay, Bute

A M McKinlay, 1908. Former United Free church converted for use as church hall later 20th century. Asymmetrical 2-storey, single bay former gabled church with advanced, full-height, single bay polygonal tower to outer right; single storey, 2-bay wing recessed to outer left (adjoining adjacent block). Coursed, natural-faced red sandstone; red ashlar dressings. Raised base course; ashlar cill and lintel courses at ground and 1st floors; coped polished blocking course surmounting advanced tower to outer right; coped eaves. Red ashlar quoins; long and short ashlar surrounds to openings; square-headed windows at ground; segmental-arched 5-light window centred beneath apex; flat ogee-arched windows at 1st floor off-set to right of centre; architraved stone mullions and transoms; chamfered reveals.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: canted tower to outer right comprising recessed 2-leaf timber panelled door; architraved Tudor-arched surround; quadripartite fanlight (architraved mullions); half-engaged octagonal shafts flanking to upper left and right; moulded stops; circular caps; corniced drip-course set between; bipartite window aligned at 1st floor. Projecting half-engaged octagonal belfry recessed to outer right; louvred trefoil-headed openings; bracketed eaves; finialed ogee roof. Recessed 2-storey panel centred beneath gabled bay to left of entrance; 2 single windows at ground; large segmental-arched window beneath apex at 1st floor comprising round-arched openings flanking single ogee-arched opening; mullioned fanlights above. Projecting foliate stop centred on corniced corbel above stop-chamfered corner at ground linking single storey wing to outer left; 2-leaf timber panelled door off-set to right of centre; roll-moulded surround, segmental-arched lintel; bipartite window in bay to outer left.

Predominantly opaque leaded glass (stylised floral decoration set in upper panels); boarded openings at ground in bay to outer left. Graded grey slate roof; raised stone skews; terracotta ridge-tiling; conical-capped ridge ventilator at centre; flat disc surmounting tapering finial.

INTERIOR: false ceiling inserted to form hall at ground; storage area above. Regularly-disposed cast-iron quatrefoil Corinthian columns at ground; pointed-arched arcade above ceiling; hammerbeam roof; gallery to E; large pointed-arched window to W (now halved). Stone stair to upper floor; decorative cast-iron balustrade; timber handrail.

PIERS: coursed red ashlar, circular-capped cylindrical piers flanking entrance; engaged single pier at ground to left of centre.