Basic Site Details

Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
	Name	Current name?	Notes
	Ferncliff	Yes

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	House(?)

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	2, Undercliff Road	Yes

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1851
	1920s		Alteration/conversion	Periods of time from 1920s used as a hotel
	1924		Alteration/conversion	Became the Rothmar Hotel with a 1920s bedroom wing.
	1930s		Addition	sun lounge linking 1920s wing to main house.
	1952	1968	Alteration/conversion	Convalescent Home for miners and Christian Conference Centre. Later redundant.
	July 2001		Destruction/demolition

People

Design and Construction

The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column.
	Name	Role	Partnership Group	From	To	Notes
	John Thomas Rochead			1851

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	Davidson, Mary Wilsone	Client for original house

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Blackie	1868	Villa and Cottage Architecture	1st edition		Plates I-V
	Macleary, John	2012	Old Inverkip, Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay		Stenlake	p24 photos of house about 1935.
	Sweeney, Dan	2015	Postscript to the Past: Lost Mansions and Houses of Renfrewshire		Windan Press	pp140-141
	Walker, Frank Arneil	1986	South Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew			p145