12-468: The Royal Marine Hotel is a hotel located on Marine Parade in Hunters Quay , Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building, opened in 1890 after the original 1856 building, named Marine Hotel, was gutted by fire. Its architect was Glasgow 's Thomas Lennox Watson . The new construction received royal patronage in 1872. Between 1872 and the 1950s, the building was also the home of
24-416: A pronounced curve to the east, forming junctions with Park Avenue, Kirk Street, Castle Street, Jane Street, Hillfoot Street, Victoria Road, Auchamore Road, (another) Clyde Street, William Street and Victoria Parade. At West Bay, after passing the western end of Victoria Parade, the road turns south again as Pier Esplanade. After leaving Dunoon, the road continues for a further 5 miles (8.0 km) south along
36-597: The A83 , near Cairndow , in the north, to Toward in the south. It passes beside three lochs, while its final stretch is along the Firth of Clyde . The road begins at a T-junction with the A83 , about 0.7 miles (1.1 km) east of Ardkinglas Woodland Garden. The road immediately crosses the Kinglas Water and turns west and then south-west, along the eastern shores of Loch Fyne . Between Creggans and Strachur , at
48-517: The Firth of Clyde , the road turns south as it leads through Hunters Quay and enters the town of Dunoon . As Alexandra Parade, the road continues through Hunters Quay and Kirn . En route to Dunoon's East Bay, the road passes several roads that lead up and down the hill perpendicular to the Firth of Clyde. They are: Kirn Brae, Stewart Street, Clyde Street and Dhalling Road. Several others, not mentioned here, are cul-de-sacs. Still as Alexandra Parade,
60-769: The Little Eachaig River , turns south-east, and continues beside the northern end of the Holy Loch on its western shores In Sandbank , at a T-junction with the A885 High Road (which leads to and from the northern end of Dunoon and links up with the A815 at East Bay), the road turns left towards the Holy Loch Marina as Rankin's Brae. At the mouth of the Holy Loch, at the western shores of
72-489: The Royal Clyde Yacht Club , which was founded in 1856. The small, former post office at the hotel was built around 1888 as a telegraph office for receiving news and results of the various yacht races taking place off the bay. As of 2014 it was used as a coffee shop. The adjacent wall-set post box is a large 'A' size example, dating from the end of the reign of Queen Victoria . It has a canted rainguard over
84-629: The centenary of Burns' death, and made of bronze, was sculpted by David Watson Stevenson . It stands, facing southeast, on a round ashlar pedestal with an octagonal cap and base. It is inscribed Burns Highland Mary . A reduced size (96 cm (38 in)) plaster copy of the statue is held in the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in South Ayrshire. This article about a sculpture in the United Kingdom
96-608: The junction with the A886 , the road turns south-east at the A886, heading inland, soon following the River Cur and then Loch Eck , again on the eastern side, and turns south. It passes Benmore (and Benmore Botanic Garden ) and Uig en route to Ardbeg, below Puck's Glen to the north. After a few sweeping curves where the A880 branches off, just north of Dalinlongart the road crosses
108-772: The opening and the raised VR insignia and crown. The hotel stands across Marine Parade from the Western Ferries pier, with ferries running between Hunters Quay and McInroy's Point across the Firth of Clyde in Gourock. Its restaurant is named the Kintyre Bar and Restaurant. There is also a bar named Ghillies Bar. A815 road The A815 is a major road located on the Cowal peninsula, in Argyll and Bute , Scotland. It runs for about 35.7 miles (57.5 km) from
120-458: The road (from north to south): 56°04′57″N 4°59′20″W / 56.08260025°N 4.98879410°W / 56.08260025; -4.98879410 Highland Mary (statue) Highland Mary is a Category B listed monument in Dunoon , Scotland, dedicated to Mary Campbell , the lover of Robert Burns . The statue overlooks the Firth of Clyde . The statue, unveiled on 21 July 1896,
132-534: The road crosses a roundabout shared with John Street (the southern end of the A885 which diverged at Sandbank), then passes Church Street, Moir Street and the eastern end of Argyll Street . The road continues past Dunoon Pier and, as Pier Esplanade, crosses the roundabout overlooked by the Highland Mary statue. As Tom-a-Mhoid Road (briefly), then Wellington Street, it then sweeps a few hundred feet inland, on
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#1732782619233144-558: The west bank of the firth, passing through Bullwood, Ardhallow and Innellan . Finally the road reaches Toward , which marks the junction of the Kyles of Bute and the Firth, and turns west at its junction with an unnamed road which leads south to the centre of Toward, and soon ends around 1,700 feet (520 m) west of Toward Church. Its name changes several times over its course (from north to south): The following buildings, structures or sites of interest stand (or formerly stood) beside
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