28 Battery Place, Rothesay, Bute

Mid 19th century (circa 1855); additions at rear mid to later 20th century. 2-storey with attic, 3-bay plain classical style house forming one of irregular pair with adjacent No 27. Whitewashed coursed rubble sandstone. Raised base course; eaves course beneath corniced eaves; painted blocking course. Pilastered quoins; pilastered entrance; painted surrounds to openings; full-width decorative cast-iron balcony at 1st floor. Single storey, single bay flat-roofed addition to left; single storey additions at rear.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: recessed timber panelled door at ground in bay to outer left (replacement glazing); 6-light fanlight; surrounding pilastered doorpiece comprising plain frieze, cornice, block pediment. Single windows at ground in bays at centre and outer right; single windows in all bays at 1st floor; 3-light canted dormer off-set to right of centre. Modern glazing to single storey addition at left.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: piended single storey addition at ground in bay to outer left; flat-roofed single storey addition in bay to outer right; large stair window at centre.

2-pane timber sash and case windows to front; 32-pane timber sash and case stair window at side; rooflight off-set to left of centre. Graded grey slate roof; raised stone skews; corniced apex stacks; original octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: adapted for use as bed and breakfast accommodation. Some plaster cornice work; stair comprising decorative cast-iron uprights, timber handrail.

BOUNDARY WALL: low coped wall to Battery Place.