56 Mountstuart Road, Rothesay, Bute

John Duncan, dated 1882. Symmetrical 2-storey, 4-bay Alexander Thomson style double villa forming end of symmetrical terrace. Grouped 1-2-1; advanced end bays; decorative cast-iron columnar verandah spanning recessed central bays. Coursed yellow sandstone (slightly weatherbeaten); polished yellow sandstone dressings. Raised base course; dentil detailing beneath canted eaves to outer left and right; overhanging timber bracketed eaves; decorative timber bargeboards to gableheads. Polished quoins; polished long and short surrounds to openings; architraved panelling between floors; consoled brackets beneath projecting cills. Random rubble sandstone at sides and rear.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 2-leaf timber panelled doors centred at ground; plate-glass fanlights. Projecting verandah beneath 1st floor windows comprising paired and triple sets of cast-iron Ionic columns, dentil detailing beneath eaves, decorative cast-iron balustrading. Single windows aligned at 1st floor; 3-light canted windows at both floors centred in gabled bays to outer left and right; cast-iron brattishing surmounting French-pavilion-tower to outer right.

Predominantly 2-pane lower, plate-glass upper timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof; fish-scale detailing to French-pavilion-tower. Original rainwater goods to front. Coped ridge and apex stacks; various circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: coped part-rendered stepped random rubble wall to Mount Stuart Road; circular datestone inscribed "Albany Terrace 1882". Square-plan polished sandstone panelled gatepiers flank entrances; bracketed cornices; projecting plinths. Cast-iron pedestrian entry gates.