42 Upperkirkgate, Aberdeen is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 April 1987. Building. 1 related planning application.

42 Upperkirkgate, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
muted-wicket-briar
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 April 1987
Type
Building
Address
42 Upperkirkgate, Aberdeen, AB10 1BA
OS grid reference
NJ 941 064
Coordinates
57.14869, -2.0989
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

42 Upperkirkgate in Aberdeen is an earlier 18th century building that stands two stories tall with an attic and features a two-bay design. It is notable for the rare survival of its gable end facing the street. The upper levels are finished with wet-dash harl and have raised cills, while the ground floor has a later polished ashlar shopfront.

The first floor has 12-pane stained timber sash and case windows, and the attic contains 4-pane casement windows. The roof is covered with grey slate and has a coped wall-head gable stack along with narrow skews. The building also has cast-iron rainwater goods.

The interior has been comprehensively modernised, as observed in 2006.

Local climate

42 Upperkirkgate, Aberdeen receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 50 Upperkirkgate, 48, Aberdeen Grade C 15 m
  2. 24, 26 Upperkirkgate, Aberdeen Grade B 32 m
  3. 20, 22 Upperkirkgate, Aberdeen Grade C 40 m
  4. 16, 18 Upperkirkgate, Aberdeen Grade C 46 m
  5. 1, 3, 5 George Street, Aberdeen Grade B 54 m
  6. Provost Robertson's House, 6, 8 Upperkirkgate, Aberdeen Grade B 64 m
  7. Aberdeen University Students' Union, 11 Gallowgate, Aberdeen Grade B 88 m
  8. Provost Skene's House And Archway, Broad Street, Aberdeen Grade A 94 m
  9. Schoolhill Lodge, West Church Of St Nicholas, Union Street, Aberdeen Grade A 94 m
  10. 30, 32, 34 Schoolhill, Aberdeen Grade C 108 m