Devanha House, 12, 14 Devanha Gardens, Ferryhill, Aberdeen

1813; extended by Archibald Simpson, 1840. 2-storey and basement, 5-bay Regency house. Rendered and painted. Granite ashlar base course; projecting cills; moulded eaves cornice; overhanging eaves.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical; pedimented tetrastyle Greek Doric porch advanced to centre of ground floor, 2-leaf glazed, panelled timber door with letterbox fanlight in architraved doorway, 2-light window above, pediment on frieze stepped up above with bull's-eye window to centre, flanked to left and right by 6-pointed mullets. Panelled timber door with 2-pane fanlight to flanking bay to right at ground floor, regular fenestration to remaining bays of ground and 1st floors.

W ELEVATION: near-symmetrical; 3-bay; bowed; pilastered bays. Interlocked bowed recess to centre of ground floor, with scrolled consoles supporting modillion moulded cornice, window flanked to left by small window in recess; window centred above, windows to basement, ground and 1st floors of flanking bays to left and right.

S ELEVATION: symmetrical; 3 bowed bays to centre through ground and 1st floors, trellis verandah advanced to ground floor; regular fenestration.

E ELEVATION: symmetrical; 3-bay; bowed; pilastered bays. 2 blind windows to ground and 1st floors of centre bay, regular fenestration to basement, ground and 1st floors of 2 flanking bays.

Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Piended grey slate roof with lead ridges. Corniced ridge stacks with octagonal cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: ground floor: encaustic tiled patterned floor, corner pilasters, main entrance door shutters to entrance hall; drawing room: plasterwork, working shutters, full height balcony windows; dining room: apsidal-ended room with massive timber column screen, elaborate plasterwork, compartmented ceiling, shutters with Greek key motif, later chimneypiece; various plain chimney pieces throughout; simple staircase.

PIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped granite boundary walls, with square-plan piers to W with pyramidal caps; iron railings to N.