Description

Ellis & Wilson, 1883. 3-storey and basement, 3 x 4 bay Classical former warehouse situated on corner site with distinctive, decorative 3-light curved corner bay. Currently office with disused flats above (2006). Tooled grey granite, some ashlar dressings, rock-faced to basement. Band courses, cill courses, cornice, coped parapet. Advanced, flat-roofed entrance porch to S with off-centre 4-panel timber door with swan-necked pedimented doorpiece.

Corner bay to SW with flanking decorative carved pilasters at each storey with paired consoles to 1st and top storey. Carved classical motifs including roundels and swags below eaves cornice. Central tall decorative curvilinear wallhead panel with decorative urns above. Incised pilasters divide window bays.

Predominantly plate glass timber sash and case windows, some vertically-aligned 6-panes. Some windows boarded up. Grey slates. Gable stacks.

INTERIOR: partly seen (2006). Ground floor comprehensively modernised.

Statement of Interest

This former warehouse is located on a prominent corner site close to the railway station. The decorative curved corner is particularly well-detailed and adds significant value to the streetscape with its variety of low-relief carved classical motifs. This detailing continues Aberdeen's tradition of Classical design for its city centre buildings. Warehouses were critical to Aberdeen's mercantile history and many were located near the harbour area. This warehouse lies closer to the Railway and is likely to have held goods moving to and from the station. It was situated directly opposite Hadden's Woollen Factory and may have been constructed to store wool or cloth. Only a handful of warehouses remain and these are an increasingly important part of the character of the city.

Alexander Ellis and Robert Wilson were Aberdeen architects who were in practice together from 1869-1906. They worked extensively in and around Aberdeen and their output included, in the main, houses, churches and other large office buildings.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77780301

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)