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AAlbert Road, Jubilee Drinking Fountain Albert Road, War Memorial 12 & 13 Albert Road 14 Albert Road 16 & 17 Albert Road, Rockhill 38 - 44 Albert Road (Even No's.) 46 - 52 Albert Road (Even No's.) 76 & 78 Albert Road, Western House 80, 82 & 84 Albert Road 86 & 88 Albert Road 96 & 97 Albert Road 114 & 115 Albert Road 121 Albert Road, Spinnaker Hotel Ashburn Gate, Queen's Residential Home 2 - 12 Ashgrove Avenue, Viewfield (Even No's.) Ashton Road, Royal Gourock Yacht Club 11 Ashton Road 17 & 18 Ashton Road, Ivybank 21 & 22 Ashton Road 30, 31 & 32 Ashton Road, Braefage Cottage 41, 42 & 43 Ashton Road, Whitebank 44, 44A & 45 Ashton Road 50 Ashton Road 52 & 53 Ashton Road 54, 54A & 55 Ashton Road

BBath Street, St. John's Church of Scotland Barrhill Road, St. Bartholomew's (Episcopal) Church 5 Barrhill Road 6 & 7 Barrhill Road 29 Barrhill Road, Craigard Binnie Street, Gourock Community Education Centre Binnie Street, former Gourock Primary School 51 & 53 Broomberry Drive and 38 & 40 John Street 2 & 4 Broomberry Drive 38 - 44 Broomberry Drive (Even No's) 2 - 8 Bath Street and 23 Kempock Place

CCloch Road, Levanne House Hotel - deleted68, 70 & 72 Cardwell Road and 41 Manor Crescent 1 Cloch Road Cove Road and Cardwell Road, Fountain 31 - 42 Cove Road (Inclusive No's.)

D1 Davidson Drive, West Lodge

G12 Golf Road and 7 Moorfield Road, Royston

GOUROCK INDEX cont….H1 & 2 Hopeton Street and 105 Shore Street, Victoria Bar

J38 & 40 John Street and 51 & 53 Broomberry Drive 2 & 4 John Street and 88, 89 & 90 Shore Street

K23 Kempock Place and 2 - 8 Bath Street (Even No's.) 25 & 27 Kempock Place 44 - 50 Kempock Street (Even No's.)

M41 Manor Crescent and 68, 70 & 72 Cardwell Road 7 Moorfield Road and 12 Golf Road, Royston Moorfield Road, Moorlea 19 & 20 Moorfield Road

RRoyal Street, Old Gourock and Ashton Parish Church 26 Royal Street

SShore Street, Gamble Institute 116, 117 & 118 Shore Street, Municipal Buildings & Police Station 88, 89 & 90 Shore Street and 2 & 4 John Street 105 Shore Street and 1 & 2 Hopeton Street, Victoria Bar 10 - 16 Steel Street (Even No's.)

T39 Tower Drive Tower Hill, Tower

V19 Victoria Road, The Croft 27 Victoria Road 45 Victoria Road 8 & 10 Victoria Road 12 Victoria Road 14, 16 & 18 Victoria Road, Glenacre 20 & 20A Victoria Road

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Albert Road – Jubilee Fountain

C(S)

29th March 1994

GourockGourock Historic Scotland Historic Scotland –– Statutory List Statutory List No. 1No. 1Full Description:

J & R Howie Ltd, Hurlford, Ayrshire, 1897. Cast-iron drinking fountain (now redundant) erected for Queen Victoria’s Silver Jubilee. 4 slender columns on granite slab supporting round-arched dome with foliate open-work; 2 winged dragons to corner facing road; 2 vignettes of Victoria inscribed Jubilee 1897, 2 cartouches with stork motif. Water pipe to centre inscribed with iron founder’s name and trademark ‘puro’.

View of the Esplanade in Gourock, circa 1918.The fountain pictured in its original location.

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Albert Road – War Memorial

C(S)

29th March 1994


Circa 1920. War memorial. Polished grey granite. Square-plan stepped base with inscribed bronze plaques, tall panelled obelisk surmounted by cross, laurel wreaths, carved shields and inscriptions to faces.

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12 and 13 Albert Road

C(S)

10th September 1979


Earlier to mid 19th century. 2-storey 3-bay semi-detached flatted house. Dry-dash render with polished red sandstone margins and eaves band to front, coursed red sandstone rubble to rear and sides. Plain eaves cornice with blocking course.

References:

Shown on 1856 OS map.

Notes:

Adjoined and overstepped by 14 Albert Road

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14 Albert Road

C(S)

10th September 1979


Earlier to mid 19th century. 3-storey with 2nd floorbreaking eaves, 2-bay semi-detached flatted house, gable to street. Dry-dash render with ashlar margins.

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Adjoined and overstepped by 12 and 13 Albert Road

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16 and 17 Albert Road – Rockhill

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10th June 1971


Earlier to mid 19th century. 2-storey 3-bay symmetrical flatted villa with classical details. Rendered front elevation, stugged red ashlar to rear and sides. Base course; architraved windows at ground floor with consoled block pediments; eaves band and cornice with blocking course.

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38 - 44 (Even No’s.) Albert Road

C(S)

29th March 1994


Pre 1856. 2-storey and attic 4-bay flatted double villa with classical details. Yellow sandstone, ashlar front, coursed and squared stugged rubble to sides, coursed rubble to rear. Tall base course; dividing band course above ground floor; eaves cornice with ashlar parapet; rusticated quoins; basket-arched windows with recessed aprons to principal floor.

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Particular interest of stair tower to rear brings subject above margin for listing.

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46 - 52 (Even No’s.) Albert Road with boundary wall

and gatepiers

B

10th September 1979


Earlier to mid 19th century. 2-storey and attic 3- and 2-bay flatted double villa in terrace form with classical details. Yellow sandstone, ashlar front, droved ashlar to sides and base course, coursed stugged rubble to rear. Tall base course; channelled ground floor; band course above ground floor; architraved windows with recessed aprons at 1st floor; eaves cornice with tall parapet; square columned doorpieces accessed by stairs.

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Semblance of an urban pair in this setting is of particular interest.

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76 and 78 (Even No’s.) Albert Road – Western House

with boundary wall and gatepiers

B

10th September 1979


Earlier 19th century. 3-storey 3-bay flatted villa with classical details. Red sandstone, rendered front elevation, coursed stugged rubble with polished dressings to rear and sides. Base course; shallow angle pilasters; eaves cornice and blocking course; architraved windows at ground and 1st floor, at ground floor with bracketted cills and consoled pediments. References:


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80, 82 and 84 Albert Road

B

10th September 1979


Earlier 19th century. 2-storey and attic 3-bay flatted villa with classical details with 2-bay flatted block flanking to the east. Rendered front, Harled to rear and side. Base course; shallow angle pilasters; eaves cornice and blocking course; raised margins to windows, at ground floor corniced with bracketted cills.

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86 and 88 Albert Road

(C)S

10th September 1979


Mid to later 19th century, reworking and extension of slightly earlier villa. 2-storey 4-bay L-plan flatted villa with gothic details. Rendered ashlar to front, harled to rear and side. Base course; band eaves course; chamfered reveals to windows; coped skews, corbelled skewputts with roll-detail; quoin strip to NE corner.

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96 and 97 Albert Road with gatepiers

(C)S

29th March 1994


Early 19th century. 2-storey 3-bay villa with classical details, modern extension to rear and east. Variegated sandstone, painted front of coursed rubble with Aberdeen bond and ashlar dressings, rendered to rear and west. Base course; quoin strips; ground floor windows corniced and architraved; eaves cornice.

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Overlooking the box dormer, this is a good, dignified villa.

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114 and 115 Albert Road with boundary wall

and gatepiers

B

10th September 1979


Earlier to mid 19th century. 2-storey and attic 3-bay flatted villa with classical details. Pink sandstone, ashlar front, droved ashlar and harl to sides, coursed and square stugged rubble to rear. Base course; shallow angle pilasters; raised margins and rounded arrises to windows, at ground floor corniced with bracketted eaves.

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The form of the porch is unusual.

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121 Albert Road – Spinnaker Hotel

(C)S

29th March 1994


Later 19th century. 2-storey 3-bay cottage-style villa with later additions to rear, now an hotel. Pink Sandstone, ashlar front (some plastic repair), squared and snecked stugged rubble to rear and side. Base course; moulded cill course at 1st floor; overhanging eaves with decoratively carved exposed rafters; chamfered reveals to bays; ground floor windows corniced; 1st floor windows breaking eaves.

References:

First shown on 1897 OS map.

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Ashburn Gate – Queen’s Residential Home

for the Elderly

(C)S

29th March 1994


Mid 19th century with later 19th century additions. 2-storey, basement and later attic 3-bay rectangular-plan villa with later additions to rear and side. Painted render over stugged ashlar with polished dressings. Tall ashlar base course; architraved windows; eaves band and cornice.

References:

Shown on 1856 OS map, rear wing and canted bays shown on 1897 OS map.

Notes:

Prominently sited as terminal point between later terrace of red sandstone tenements.

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2 - 12 (Even No’s.) Ashgrove Avenue – Viewfield

(C)S

10th June 1971


Dated 1875. Symmetrical terrace of 4, 2-storey 2-bay houses on sloping ground with basement to rear. Variegated sandstone, squared and snecked stugged rubble with polished dressings. Base course; channelled quoin strips and eaves band; stop-chamfered reveals to principal windows; doorways with dentilled cornices and blocking courses bearing tablets; overhanging bracketted eaves to centre block.

Notes:

Listed in consideration of unusual design, as long narrow terrace.

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Ashton Road – Royal Gourock Yacht Club with

boundary walls and gatepiers

(C)S

29th March 1994


Style of A N Paterson, 1903, with later dormer addition. Single storey and attic asymmetrical Arts and Crafts yacht club built on falling ground with terrace over boat store facing sea. Red brick base course, white harl with pink sandstone dressings. Overhanging eaves with exposed rafters; plain bargeboards.

References:

‘THIRD STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND’, Vol II, (Glasgow, 1962), pp135.

Notes:

Built and presented to the club by Major James Coats of Ferguslie Park, Paisley.

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11 Ashton Road

(C)S

29th March 1994


Earlier to mid 19th century. 2-storey 3-bay classic villa at centre of symmetrical group of 3. Squared sandstone, painted to front; ashlar quoin strips, eaves band, cornice and blocking course; architraved windows.

Notes:

The smaller houses flanking were evidently designed en-suite with quoin strips, similar treatment at eaves and pilastered windows at 1st floor. They have been subject of alterations while respecting the symmetry of the group.

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17 and 18 Ashton Road - Ivybank

B

4th November 1974


Earlier to mid 19th century. 2-storey and attic 3-bay flatted villa with classical details. Pink sandstone, rendered ashlar to front, droved ashlar to sides, harled to rear. Base course; broad angle pilasters; eaves cornice and blocking course; ground floor windows with raised margins, recessed aprons and block pediments; 1st floor windows with lugged architraves.

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21 and 22 Ashton Road

(C)S

10th September 1979


Earlier to mid 19th century. 2-storey and attic 3-bay symmetrical flatted villa. Yellow sandstone ashlar front, harled to rear and sides. Base course; broad angle pilasters; eaves cornice with blocking course; raised margins to windows with rounded reveals, at ground floor corniced with bracketted eaves.

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30, 31 and 32 Ashton Road – Braefage Cottage

(C)S

10th September 1979


Earlier to mid 19th century. 2-storey 3-bay symmetrical flatted villa, steep terraced garden to rear. Pink sandstone, ashlar front, cement harling to rear and sides with painted margins. Base course; raised margins; overhanging eaves with shallow brackets; rounded reveals.

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41, 42 and 43 Ashton Road - Whitebank

B

4th November 1974


Earlier to mid 19th century. 2-storey and attic 5-bay flatted villa with quadrant corner bays. Painted sandstone, ashlar to front, stugged ashlar to sides, coursed and squared rubble to rear. Base course; raised margins; eaves cornice.

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Cloch Road – Levanne House Hotel

B

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GourockGourock Historic Scotland Historic Scotland –– Statutory ListStatutory Listformerlyformerly No.No. 2222Full Description:

2-storey classic; double bow fronted, painted ashlar, Ionic column porch with pediment; top balustrade; rear wing with pediment and stable block. Early 19th

century.

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N.S.A. v7. P.526

Notes:

The hotel was a family run business owned by the Teale family. The building was demolished in the mid 1970’s to make way for flatted development, Cameron Court.

NO PHOTOGRAPHS ON RECORD

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44, 44a and 45 Ashton Road

(C)S

10th September 1979


Earlier to mid 19th century. 2-storey and attic 3-bay villa with classical details. Rendered. Base course; rounded arrises; eaves cornice and blocking course; broad angle pilasters; ground floor windows corniced with bracketted cills.

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50 Ashton Road with boundary wall and gatepiers

B

29th March 1994


Earlier 19th century, substantially remodelled later 19th century. 2-storey 3-bay villa with later projecting bays with prominent columnar mullions and side entrance porch. Painted ashlar or render lined as ashlar. Base course; quoin strips; band course and moulded cill course at 1st floor; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters; stop-chamfered reveals; narrow lights to bays divided by slender colonnetes with foliate capitals.

References:

Shown on 1853 OS map as rectangular-plan house with central doorway.

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52 and 53 Ashton Road

(C)S

29th March 1994


Mid 19th century (pre-1853). 2-storey, basement and attic 4-bay flatted villa with classical details. Pink sandstone, ashlar front, coursed and squared rubble to rear and sides. Band course above basement and ground floor; eaves cornice and tall ashlar parapet; channelled ground floor; chamfered reveals to canted windows.

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54, 54A and 55 Ashton Road with Coach House

B

4th November 1974


Mid 19th century. 2-storey and attic 2-bay flatted villa with classical details, coach house and outbuilding to rear. Pink sandstone, ashlar front, coursed and squared stugged rubble to rear and sides with polished dressings. Base course; channelled ground floor; band course above ground floor; eaves cornice with blocking course; 1st floor windows architraved with recessed aprons and consoled cornice and pediments; ashlar mullions.

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Bath Street – St. John’s Church (of Scotland) with

hall, walls, gatepiers and lamp standards

B

10th June 1971


J.J.M. & W.H. Hay, 1857; tower completed Bruce & Spurrock, 1977-8. Decorated gothic church with open-work crown to impressive 4-stage North East tower, church hall to South East, en suite.

References:

BRITISH ARCHITECT, Nov 16 1877. F.H. Groome, ORDNANCE GAZETTEER OF SCOTLAND, vol3 (London,1895), p203 F.A. Walker ‘THE SOUTH CLYDE ESTUARY’ (Edinburgh, 1896), p139.

Photograph circa 1900, GourockCastle (now demolished) can beseen on the left.

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Barrhill Road – St. Bartholomew’s (Episcopal)

Church and boundary wall

B

10th June 1971


J.C. Sharp, 1857; extended H.D. Walton, circa 1895. Small 3-bay gothic church with later chancel and North aisle. Variegated sandstone, rubble with stugged and polished ashlar dressings, some harl pointing. Pointed ashlar mullions, chamfered reveals; battered buttresses with sawtooth coping; finialled gables; sawtooth coped skews; rounded skewputts. Reticulated tracery.

References:

F.H. Groome, ORDNANCE GAZETTEER OF SCOTLAND, vol 3 (London,1895), p203. Scottish Episcopal Church yearbook, 1889, p157. Signed drawing of chancel in possession of St. Bartholomew’s.

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5 Barrhill Road with boundary walls, gatepiers

and railings

(C)S

29th March 1994


Circa 1900. 2-storey subdivided villa with corner tower. Cream sandstone, squared and snecked bull-faced rubble with polished dressings, coursed rubble to rear and side. Base course; moulded cill course to 1st floor of principal elevation; overhanging bracketted eaves with dentilled cornice; stacks with moulded coping

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6 and 7 Barrhill Road

(C)S

29th March 1994


Circa 1900. 2-storey and attic 4-bay double villa with rear service wings. Pink sandstone, ashlar front, squared and snecked stugged rubble to rear and sides. Base course; chamfered reveals; string course above ground floor to principal elevations; overhanging eaves with plain bargeboards and exposed rafters.

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29 Barrhill Road – Craigard, with boundary walls,

and gatepiers

(C)S

15th November 1990


Circa 1875. 2-storey, attic and raised basement 5-bay Italianate villa set in steeply sloped garden. Pink sandstone, ashlar front, squared and snecked stugged rubble to rear and sides. Raised margins; bracketted overhanging eaves, cast-iron antefixae to eaves gutter.

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Binnie Street – Gourock Community Education

Centre, former Gourock Central School, with

boundary walls and railings

(C)S

10th September 1979


John Honeyman, dated 1876. 2-storey U-plan single and 2-storey school built on slope with plain gothic details. Pink sandstone, coursed and squared rubble with droved and polished ashlar dressings. Base course; chamfered reveals; ashlar mullions and transoms; coped skews; roll-detail to skewputts.

Reference:

F.H. Groome, ORDNANCE GAZETTEER OF SCOTLAND, vol 3 (London, 1895), p203. John Honeyman’s office records.

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Binnie Street – Gourock Primary School, former

Central Senior School, with boundary walls,

gatepiers and Janitor’s house at No. 8

B

10th September 1979


Alexander Cullen, dated 1908. Large 3-storey school with Glasgow Art Nouveau details, comprised of 2 rectangular blocks linked at north corner, and small janitor’s house to north-west. Pink sandstone, coursed and squared rubble with polished ashlar bands and dressings. Stylised pilaster strips framing details; geometric Art Nouveau details in red sandstone.

Reference:

THE BUILDER, July 17, 1909. F.A. Walker ‘THE SOUTH CLYDE ESTUARY’ , RIAS Guide, Edinburgh 1986, p140.

Notes:

The front façade with its glazed bowed stair towers is a direct quotation of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Scotland Street School in Glasgow (1904-6).

Gable Elevation

Janitor’s house No. 8

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51 & 53 Broomberry Drive and 38 & 40 John Street

(C)S

29th March 1994


Circa 1900. Substantial 2-storey and attic flatted villa on sloping corner site with mock half-timber details. Red sandstone, coursed and squared bull-faced rubble with polished ashlar dressings, render to rear and side. Base course; chamfered reveals to doorways; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters; plain bargeboards; ashlar mullions and transoms.

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2 & 4 Broomberry Drive with boundary wall

and gatepiers

(C)S

29th March 1994


Circa 1880. 2-storey 3-bay subdivided villa with Italianate details, large brick extension and small outhouse to rear. Pink sandstone, ashlar front, course rubble to side, brick to rear extension. Rubble base course; basket-arched openings; ground floor openings corniced; chamfered reveals; bracketed cills; overhanging and bracketted eaves with dentilled cornice; ashlar mullions.

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Property within area of Policy Control

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38 – 44 (Even No’s.) Broomberry Drive

(C)S

29th March 1994


Dated 1894. 2 pairs of identical semi-detached, single storey and attic 2-bay cottages with service wings to rear. Pink sandstone, stugged ashlar front with polished dressings, course and square stugged rubble to rear and sides. Rubble base course; chamfered reveals; round-arched doorways with rounded reveals; eaves cornice; plain bargeboards; decorative iron finials to piended dormers.

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68, 70 and 72 Cardwell Road & 41 Manor Crescent

(C)S

29th March 1994


Circa 1900. 3-storey and mansard attic tenement block on gusset site with curved corner elevation and shops at ground floor. Pink sandstone, ashlar to principal elevations, squared and snecked stugged rubble to rear with polished dressings. Continuous fascia and cornice with decorative brackets above ground floor turning corner; moulded string course above 1st floor; band cill courses at 1st and 2nd floor; eaves cornice with tall parapet; bays of curved corner divided by plain pilaster strips.

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1 Cloch Road ( former Toll House )

(C)S

29th March 1994


Mid 19th century. Single storey 3-bay rectangular-plan cottage with stone-built porch, former toll house. Pink sandstone, stugged ashlar front with polished margins, coursed and squared rubble to rear and sides. Raised margins.

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Later addition to Toll House shown on right

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Cove Road and Cardwell Road, Fountain

(C)S

29th March 1994


Early 20th century. Small polished red granite basin-fountain with square granite base, short drum pillar with acanthus neckband, shallow circular basin cradling substantial die with carved lionhead spouts to all sides surmounted by short bronze barley-sugar pole.

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Notes:

Possibly part of the original construction of the East Bay esplanade (1898).

View towards Battery Park

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31 – 42 (inclusive No’s) Cove Road

with boundary walls

(C)S

29th March 1994


Later 19th century. Group of 4 flatted double villas with classical details and outhouses to rear. Variegated sandstone, ashlar front, coursed rubble to rear and sides. Base courses; frieze and eaves cornice; pilastered and corniced doorways (except No’s. 37-39 only corniced); Ashlar mullions

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Notes:

These four double villas make their impact as a group.

40-42 Cove Road

37-39 Cove Road31-33 Cove Road

34-36 Cove Road

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1 Davidson Drive – West Lodge

(C)S

10th September 1979


Probably earlier 19th century. Small single storey 3-bay T-plan lodge building sited on falling ground. Cream sandstone, coursed rubble with droved ashlar dressings. Raised margins; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters.

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The building is registered as being a ‘Building at Risk’

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23 Kempock Place & 2 – 8 (Even No’s.) Bath Street

(C)S

10th September 1979


A.N. Paterson, 1915. Glasgow-style corner tenement block with bank at ground floor, 2-storey to Bath Street. Red sandstone, coursed, squared and stugged with polished ashlar dressings and ground floor; harled rear and side. Base course; keystoned round and segmental-arched openings at ground floor; stepped band course above ground floor; canted bays with stylised Gibbsian surrounds at 1st

and 2nd floor, at 3rd floor windows framed by engaged columns; eaves cornice; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters.

References:

F.A. Walker, ‘THE SOUTH OF CLYDE ESTUARY’RIAS Guide (Edinburgh, 1986), p139.

Notes:

One of few buildings constructed during the War, when commissions tailed off significantly.

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25 and 27 Kempock Place

(C)S

29th March 1994


Early 20th century. 3-storey 3-bay Free Renaissance commercial building. Red sandstone ashlar front, red brick to rear and side with some sandstone dressings. Bracketted band cill courses at 1st and 2nd floor;eaves cornice with tall ashlar parapet and ornamental carved end dais; angle pilasters channelled at ground floor with decorative carving to capitals; mullioned and transomed windows with boldly rounded arrises

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44 – 50 (Even No’s.) Kempock Street

B

29th March 1994


1884. 3-storey, 3-bay gabled tenement block with shops at ground floor and terrace on lower ground to rear, raised storage basement below. Red sandstone, ashlar front, squared and snecked rubble to rear and sides. Continuous fascia and cornice above shop fronts; cill course at 2nd floor ; roll-moulded arrises; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters; coped skews.

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This view of Kempock Street was taken around1910. 44-50 Kempock Street can be seen on theleft hand side of the photograph.

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7 Moorfield Road and 12 Golf Road - Royston

B

29th March 1994


Style of A.N. Paterson, dated 1908. 2-storey asymmetrical rectangular-plan subdivided Arts and Crafts villa with curved corner turret and single storey service wing to south west, steep terraced garden to north. White harl with red sandstone dressings, red brick base course. Base course; ashlar mullions; rounded reveals; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters.

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Moorfield Road – Moorlea

(C)S

29th March 1994


Later to late 19th century. Single storey, 3-bay cottage with lean-to addition to west, modern conservatory to east. Red sandstone, ashlar front, squared and snecked stugged rubble to rear and sides. Chamfered reveals; overhanging eaves with scalloped bargeboards and exposed rafters; ashlar mullions.

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Notes:

Street numbering in Moorfield Road is irregular: Moorlea is directly to west of No. 8.

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19 and 20 Moorfield Road with boundary wall,

gatepiers and railings

(C)S

29th March 1994


Later to late 19th century. Single storey and attic, 3-bay subdivided villa with part-modern outhouse to rear. Pink sandstone, squared and snecked rubble with polished dressings. Base course; quoin strips; chamfered reveals and moulded lintels to windows; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters, scalloped and bolt-detailed bargeboards.

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Royal Street – Old Gourock and Ashton Parish

Church with boundary walls, gatepiers and railings

B

10th June 1971


1832-33, enlarged 1872 and 1900. Rectangular-plan preaching box with battlemented gothic front and square Northeast tower. Pink sandstone ashlar front, coursed and squared rubble to rear and sides.

References:

F.H. Groome, ORDNANCE GAZETTEER OF SCOTLAND, vol 3 (London, 1895), p203. J.M. Fletcher, ‘OLD GOUROCK CHURCH 1776-1982’

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26 Royal Street

(C)S

29th March 1994


Early to earlier 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay house with chamfered corner to northeast. Variegated sandstone, coursed and squared stugged rubble to front with polished and droved dressings, coursed rubble to rear and sides. Quoin strips; raised margins; eaves band.

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Shore Street – Gamble Institute

B

10th June 1971


1874-76. 2-storey, 5-bay public hall and former library on corner site set into falling ground with Italianate details. Yellow sandstone, ashlar front with stugged ashlar to northwest elevation, coursed and squared pink rubble to rear. Base course; band course above ground floor; cill course at 1st floor with bracketted cills; round-arched windows at 1st floor with moulded heads and impost course.

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F.H. Groome, ORDNANCE GAZETTEER OF SCOTLAND, vol 3 (London, 1985), p203. F.A. Walker, ‘THE SOUTH CLYDE ESTUARY’, RIAS Guide (Edinburgh, 1986), p139. ‘THIRD STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND’, vol 11, (Glasgow, 1962), p144.

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Shore Street – Municipal Buildings, Police Station

and No’s. 116, 117 and 118 Shore Street

(C)S

10th September 1979


Stewart Tough & Alexander, dated 1923, No’s. 116-118 dated 1924. 2-storey and attic asymmetrical corner block with shops to east and squat corner turret, Scottish 17th century style. Red sandstone, squared and snecked bull-faced rubble with polished ashlar dressings to principal facades, cream rubble and red brick to rear. Tall base course; ashlar mullions and transoms; rounded reveals; lugged gables; coped skews; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters.

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88, 89 and 90 Shore Street & 2 and 4 John Street

(C)S

29th March 1994


1895. 3-storey and basement Glasgow-style block of corner tenements with shops at ground floor, former Co-operative building. Red sandstone, ashlar front, coursed rubble and harl to rear and sides. Cill course at 1st and 2nd floor; eaves cornice and tall pierced parapet; ashlar mullions and transoms; 2nd and 3rd

floor windows set in shallow recessed panels; carved cartouche panels dividing bays.

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The building is registered as being a ‘Building at Risk’

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105 Shore Street & 1 and 2 Hopeton Street with

courtyard buildings – Victoria Bar

B

10th June 1971


Early 19th century, possibly incorporating earlier fabric and with later alterations. 2-storey 5-bay (grouped 3-2) former couching inn with stables courtyard to rear. Rendered and harled main block with rendered and exposed pink rubble to courtyard buildings. Rubble base course; rusticated quoins.

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Shown on 1856 OS map as ‘George Hotel’ with U-plan courtyard open to the south.

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10 – 16 (Even No’s.) Steel Street

(C)S

29th March 1994


Circa 1900. 2-storey 6-bay flatted block. Red sandstone, squared and snecked bull-faced rubble with ashlar dressings to front, render to rear and sides. String course above ground floor, arched with bold keystones over outer bays and open pedimented over centre; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters; ashlar mullions.

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39 Tower Drive with boundary walls

(C)S

29th March 1994


Circa 1910. 2-storey asymmetrical villa with Art Nouveau details, now subdivided. White harl, cream sandstone dressings. Battered base to bays; ashlar mullions; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters

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Tower Hill - Tower

B

10th June 1971


1847. Small circular tower with 3 blocked openings and remains of former part evident to south. Pink sandstone, stugged ashlar. Base course; corbelled parapet. 2 open-arched vaults built into hillside to west.

References:

Shown on 1856 OS map. T.G. Snoddy, ‘ROUND ABOUT GREENOCK’ (Arbroath, 1937), pp69.

Notes:

Prominent landmark. Built as look-out and study for one of lairds of Gourock House.

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19 Victoria Road – The Croft

(C)S

29th March 1994


Circa 1910. 2-storey asymmetrical Scottish Arts and Crafts villa with bower elevation. White harl with some sandstone details. Eaves band; timber mullions and transoms; ground floor bipartite windows transomed.

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First shown on 1914 OS map. Gavin Stamp, ‘ROBERT WEIR SCHULTZ’.

Notes:

Reminiscent of Scoulag Lodge (1898), Isle of Bute, by Robert Weir Shultz.

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27 Victoria Road

(C)S

29th March 1994


Circa 1910. 2-storey asymmetrical Arts and Crafts villa. White harl with red sandstone dressings. Bull-faced rubble base course to front; ashlar mullions and transoms; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters.

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45 Victoria Road with terracing walls and railings

(C)S

29th March 1994


Later 19th century. Single storey and attic 3-bay cottage on steep terraced ground with Tudor details and small outhouses to south. Red sandstone, stugged ashlar front with polished dressings, squared and snecked stugged ashlar to rear and sides. Base course; stop chamfered reveals; eaves band course; hoodmoulded windows with ashlar mullions; plain bargeboards.

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8 and 10 Victoria Road with boundary walls

and gatepiers

(C)S

29th March 1994


Circa 1890. 2-storey, 6-bay Italianate double villa with basement to rear. Variegated sandstone, stugged ashlar front and rear with polished dressings, squared and snecked stugged rubble to sides. String course above ground floor; moulded cill course at 1st floor; ashlar mullions; overhanging eaves, exposed rafters and brackets.

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12 Victoria Road and gate

(C)S

29th March 1994


1894. Single storey asymmetrical Arts and Crafts villa with raised basement to rear on falling ground. Red sandstone, squared and snecked bull-faced rubble with polished dressings. Base course; ashlar mullions; half-timbered gableheads with plain bargeboards; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters.

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14, 16 and 18 Victoria Road – Glenacre, with

boundary walls and gatepiers

B

29th March 1994


Later 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan subdivided classical villa with basement to rear. Rendered and painted. Base course; channelled ground floor; triglyph frieze and cornice above ground floor; overhanging eaves with moulded brackets; chamfered reveals; outer angles at 1st floor stop-rollmoulded; ground floor windows with panelled aprons, 1st floor windows with recessed aprons with chip-carved motif; rounded corners at 1st floor; ashlar mullions; elaborate stacks with bracketted cornices and strapwork carving.

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20 and 20A Victoria Road

(C)S

29th March 1994


Circa 1900. Single storey asymmetrical Arts and Crafts villa, 2-storey to rear on falling ground. White harl with red sandstone dressings. Red brick base course and band cill course at 1st floor to rear; ashlar mullions with rounded arrises; sloping cills; overhanging eaves with exposed rafters; plain bargeboards to gables.

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