Tower, Clevedon Hotel, Rosneath Road, Cove

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 26/01/1995 Local Authority Argyll And Bute Planning Authority Argyll And Bute Burgh Cove And Kilcreggan NGR NS 22225 81864 Coordinates 222225, 681864 — Mid 19th century. 2-storey over raised basement, 5-bay, rectangular-plan, Italianate villa with belvedere tower (in poor condition) rising behind. Stucco with painted stone margins and dressings. Consoles supporting lintels over principal floor windows; segmental-headed windows at 2nd floor; rusticated bull-faced margins around basement windows; quoins; eaves band. Consolled bracketted console eaves. W (MAIN) ELEVATION: 5 near-symmetrical bays. Broad, full-height canted bay at centre; bipartite, arched window at ground, blank plaque above. Tripartite window at centre on principal floor, single windows to right and left facet; bipartite at centre of 2nd floor, single window to right and left facet. Entrance bay to left, ashlar steps, pierced stucco balustrade to pilastered and corniced door at principal floor, blind balconette supported on paired consoles, bipartite above. Full-height bow to outer left, windows regularly spaced, small windows at ground, continuous bracketted lintel on principal floor. Penultimate bay to right, round-arched window at centre ground, 2 windows on principal floor and 2nd floor. Full-height canted bay to outer right, windows symmetrically disposed, round-headed windows at ground. S ELEVATION: blank wall to left, shallow canted bay to outer right, modern fire escape built against bay, door immediately to left of bay. Plate glass sash and case windows. Shallow gabled slate roof, piend-roofed for bays, lead flashings, cast-iron finials. Low harled and corniced ridge stacks, octagonal cans. INTERIOR: tripartite half-glazed door with fanlight, decorative plasterwork, putti sup

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.