Description

Archibald Simpson, designed circa 1843, built after 1849. Single storey and attic, 5-bay terrace comprising 2 2-bay houses and one single bay house. Aberdeen bond granite rubble finely finished to margins. Base course; projecting cills; long and short quoins; eaves course; canted piend-roofed dormers to attic floor.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; No 7: single bay to right of terrace, window to centre of ground and 1st floors, dormer to attic above. No 9 and 11: 2-bay; panelled timber door to right of ground floor, replacement fanlight to No 9, 2-pane fanlight to No 11; window to flanking bay to left; regular fenestration to 1st floor; single dormer to attic floor.

S ELEVATION: gabled; harled; doorway to No 7 to centre of ground floor, flanked to right by small window; window to centre of 1st floor; 2-sotrey addition to outer right, window to each floor, gableted dormer to attic.

E ELEVATION: not seen 2000.

N ELEVATION: gabled.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof with lead ridge. Coped stone skews with blocked skewputts. Coped gablehead and ridge stacks with circular and octagonal cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low granite walls to W.

Statement of Interest

A-Group with 1-23 Albert Street, 2-18 Albert Street, 1-34 Albert Terrace and 1 Prince Arthur Street, 2-16 Albyn Place, 31-55 Carden Place and 2 and 4 Prince Arthur Street, 1-6 Rubislaw Place and 21 and 23 Waverley Place, 17 Victoria Street, 19 Victoria Street, 21-59 Victoria Street and 181 Skene Street, 18-28 Victoria Street and 2, 6, 10 and 16 Waverley Place and 30-56 Victoria Street (see separate listings). Victoria Street was laid out by Archibald Simpson for James Skene of Rubislaw, as part of the feuing plan for the Rubislaw Estate. It is noted by Chapman and Riley as being an area "where buildings present features of special charm" (p149). The street design is unusual, in that there are 2-storey buildings on the E side and single storey and attic buildings on the W, this idea is repeated at Albert Street (see separate listings). The terraces are of simple traditional design, comprising rubble walls with finely finished dressings and canted dormers. Ferryhill Place also includes houses of similar design (see separate listings).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56625257

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)