84 Queen's Road, Aberdeen

Late 19th century, possibly remodelled by Brown and Watt 1924. 2-storey, basement and attic, 3-bay villa. Coursed grey granite ashlar, with finely finished dressings to SE elevation, coursed rubble to remainder. Rough-faced dark grey granite base course; long and short quoins; pilastered astragals to SE elevation, stylised Ionic capitals to ground floor, simple pilasters to 1st floor; eaves course; overhanging eaves.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; pilastered and entablatured doorway to centre bay of ground floor, reached by flight of stone steps, panelled timber door flanked by leaded panels and fanlight. 3-light canted windows through basement and ground floors of flanking bays to left and right, parapets forming balconies to 1st floor; segmental-arched bipartite windows to each bay of 1st floor.

NE ELEVATION: blank.

NW ELEVATION: near-symmetrical; piend-roofed addition to centre bay, single window to basement, pair of windows to 1st floor above; irregular openings to left and right returns, iron ventilator to ridge; regular fenestration to flanking bays to left and right.

SW ELEVATION: near-symmetrical; 3-bay; pair of windows to basement and ground floors of central bay, that to right blind; single windows to bays to left and right at ground floor; regular fenestration to 1st floor, gablets detail at eaves.

2-pane and 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Piended and gabled slate roof with lead ridges. Corniced wallhead stacks with square-plan cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: fine interior; etched glass inner door; panelling below dado of hall, depressed-arch framing staircase, incised spiral balusters and decorative newel post, heraldic shield to stained glass stair window; cast-iron balusters to service stair; decorative panelling below dado in principal rooms, fine timber fireplaces, round-arched niches to room to E of ground floor; good quality plasterwork throughout; doors and architraves survive; some original light fittings.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped rough-faced granite boundary walls to SE and SW, square-plan ashlar gatepiers to S, E and W; brick and granite coped rubble walls to remainder.