Marionslea, Minister's Brae, Rothesay, Bute

William Hunter, circa 1900. Near symmetrical, gabled 2-storey, 3-bay Old English style house with single storey garage addition recessed to outer left. Predominantly red brick; raised brick quoins; raised brick long and short surrounds to openings; whitewashed harl and half-timbering at 1st floor Roll-moulded detailing to ground floor openings; red brick voussoir-arch detailing above; red brick mullions to glazing rows. Consoled terracotta tapering finials surmounting gables.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: painted steps to recessed central entrance comprising glazed timber panelled door; Arts and Crafts style letter-box with embossed "Hunter, Letters, Marionslea"; stained-glass side-lights; stained tripartite fanlight; mosaic-tiled vestibule to front with foliate detailing surrounding "Marionslea"; overhanging timber bracketed canopy; tripartite window aligned at 1st floor. 4-light canted window at ground in bay to outer left; quadripartite window centred in overhanging gable above. Quadripartite glazing row at ground in advanced bay to outer right; 5-light glazing row centred in gable above.

Predominantly opaque-glazed upper, plate-glass lower timber casements; 12-pane timber casements centred at 1st floor. Complex graded grey slate gabled pitches; ornamental terracotta ridge-tiling. Corniced red brick apex stacks to E and W; various terracotta cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: low coped red brick wall to Minister's Brae; cast-iron balustrade; cast-iron gatepiers flanking pedestrian entrance, tapering caps, ball-finials; cast-iron gate. Corniced square-plan panelled red sandstone gatepiers to outer left and right.