18 Lanark Road, Rosebank

18 Lanark Road, Rosebank

A terrace of houses designed by Alexander Cullen in 1900, with later alterations. The building comprises 2 storeys arranged as a 10-bay near-symmetrical English Tudor style gabled terrace on a raised ground that rises further towards the south-east (rear). The walls are harled with red sandstone dressings and applied timber framing at the first floor. Details include a base course, moulded cills at ground floor, bracketed tiled canopies over paired doorways, overhanging eaves with exposed rafters, recessed canted windows at ground floor, and 3-light windows at first floor.

The north-west (principal) elevation displays nine bays, grouped 1-1-2-1-2-1-1. Stone flights lead to paired replacement boarded doors with rectangular fanlights at ground level in the centre bay. A wallhead dormer breaks the eaves at first floor, positioned to the right. To the right is a 2-bay gabled group with a window in each bay at both floors and a finial to the gablehead. Paired boarded doors appear at ground level with a wallhead dormer breaking the eaves, set to the left, in the bay second from the right. The outer right bay contains a window at ground floor and a window with gable breaking the eaves at first floor. A 2-bay gabled group stands to the left of centre with windows at both floors in each bay. Paired doors with a wallhead dormer, positioned to the right, rise above in the bay second from the left. The outer left bay has a window at ground and a window with gable breaking the eaves at first floor. A 4-light square angle bay window marks number 28 at the outer left.

The south-east (rear) elevation is irregularly fenestrated at ground level with tripartite windows to the main gables at first floor. A harled addition extends from the outer right (rear of number 28).

The south-west (side) elevation comprises an irregularly fenestrated 2-bay gabled wall. A stone flight of steps leads to an architraved replacement boarded door with rectangular fanlight in the bay left of centre, with a flanking window to the left beneath a bracketed tiled canopy. A window sits at first floor above, with another window set to the right at first floor. The north-east (side) elevation is a blank gabled wall.

The building features predominantly leaded lattice glazing with some uPVC replacements, and predominantly small-pane timber sash and case windows to the rear. The roof is red tile with red clay ridge, red tiles to door canopies, and grey slate to the rear. Evenly disposed harled and coped multi-flue ridge stacks with cast-iron rainwater goods complete the external detailing.

The interior was not inspected at the time of listing (1997).

A sandstone rubble boundary wall runs along the frontage with flat ashlar cope; replacement wrought-iron railings front number 28.

The building was upgraded to Category B on 7 May 1993. It forms a group listing with 1 and 3 Lanark Road, 21 Lanark Road, and the Popinjay Hotel. Situated directly opposite the Popinjay Hotel, which was also designed by Cullen in 1900, the ensemble provides the centre of Rosebank with a strong sense of stylistic unity through its bold massing of Tudor gables. Cullen also worked in nearby Larkhall, where he designed the Church Hall for St Machan's Church with Oriental and Art Nouveau details, marking a marked contrast to his use of Tudor motifs here.