30 Lanark Road, Rosebank

30 Lanark Road, Rosebank is a 2-storey, 10-bay near-symmetrical English Tudor gabled terrace of houses designed by Alexander Cullen in 1900, with later alterations. The building is set on a raised ground that rises further towards the south-east (rear).

The exterior is harled with red sandstone dressings and applied timber framing at first floor level. A base course runs along the ground floor, with moulded sills and bracketed tiled canopies over paired doorways. The building features overhanging eaves with exposed rafters, recessed canted windows at ground floor level, and 3-light windows at first floor.

On the principal north-west elevation, the 9 bays are grouped 1-1-2-1-2-1-1. Stone flights lead to paired replacement boarded doors with rectangular fanlights at ground floor in the central bay, above which is a wallhead dormer breaking the eaves and set to the right at first floor. The gabled groups to the right and left of centre each contain windows at both floors, with paired boarded doors and wallhead dormers also breaking the eaves. The outer bays contain single windows, with first-floor windows featuring gables that break the eaves. A 4-light square angle bay window marks number 28 at the outer left.

The south-east (rear) elevation is irregularly fenestrated at ground floor, with tripartite windows to the main gables at first floor level. A harled addition extends to the outer right (rear of No. 28).

The south-west side elevation consists of an irregularly fenestrated 2-bay gabled wall. A stone flight of steps leads to an architraved replacement boarded door with rectangular fanlight, set in the bay to the left of centre, flanked by a window beneath a bracketed tiled canopy. Windows are positioned at first floor above. The north-east side elevation is a blank gabled wall.

The roof is predominantly red tile with a red clay ridge and red tiles to door canopies, with grey slate to the rear. Evenly disposed harled and coped multi-flue ridge stacks are present throughout, with cast-iron rainwater goods. Glazing is predominantly leaded lattice with some uPVC replacements; small-pane timber sash and case windows feature predominantly to the rear.

The boundary wall along the frontage is constructed of sandstone rubble with flat ashlar cope, and replacement wrought-iron railings mark number 28.

The interior was not seen during inspection in 1997.

This building forms part of a group listing that includes 1 and 3 Lanark Road, 21 Lanark Road, and the Popinjay Hotel (also designed by Cullen in 1900). Positioned directly opposite the Popinjay Hotel, the ensemble gives the centre of Rosebank a definite sense of stylistic unity through bold massing of Tudor gables. Cullen also worked in nearby Larkhall, designing the Church Hall for St Machan's Church, where he employed Oriental and Art Nouveau details—a marked contrast to his use of Tudor motifs here. The building was upgraded to Category B on 7 May 1993.