Fortune Green, 56 Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen

This is a substantial villa built in 1900, designed by Arthur Clyne. It is located at 56 Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen. The building is two storeys and has an attic, and is set within a plot with associated gatepiers and boundary walls.

The villa is constructed of rough-faced coursed grey granite ashlar, finely finished to the margins of the south elevation, with an Aberdeen bond rubble to the remainder. A contrasting dark grey granite forms the base course, first-floor cill course, and flat hoodmoulds. Overhanging eaves feature timber bargeboards.

The south elevation is asymmetrical, with a central doorway featuring roll-moulded reveals, a projecting canopy, a two-leaf panelled timber door, and a flight of granite steps. A single window is centrally positioned on the first floor, and a tripartite rectangular dormer lights the attic. A shallow, rectangular-plan tripartite window projects from the ground floor of the bay to the left, while a gabled bipartite window breaks the eaves on the first floor above. Deeply chamfered angles are present at the ground floor on the outer left, with a decorative stained glass window to the centre, corbelled to form a right angle at the first floor above. A gabled bay extends to the right, featuring a five-light canted window on the ground floor and a bipartite window on the first floor.

The east elevation is also asymmetrical, with a gabled bay to the left and irregular fenestration to the right. A single-storey wing adjoins the outer right, with a panelled timber door to the returns.

The north elevation is asymmetrical, with a central doorway and window on the ground floor, and a tripartite stained glass stair window above. A bipartite window sits on the ground floor of the bay to the right, with a single window above and a dormer to the attic. A single-storey lean-to wing projects forward on the ground floor of the bay to the left, and a pair of windows are visible on the first floor. Various skylights are situated in the attic.

The west elevation showcases a gabled bay advanced to the right, with deeply chamfered angles at the ground floor, each featuring a stained glass window. A recessed bay is positioned to the left, with a window off-centre to the right of the first floor.

The building features predominantly two-pane timber sash and case windows. The roof is clad in piended and gabled green-grey slate, with terracotta and lead ridges. Corniced gablehead stacks and coped wallhead stacks topped with octagonal and circular cans are present. Cast-iron rainwater goods are used.

The interior retains fine architectural details, including mouldings, panelled timber doors, architraves, and some fireplaces. Fine plasterwork ceilings are found in the hall and principal ground floor rooms. The entrance hall has panelling below dado level, with a depressed archway to a timber staircase with turned balusters. The drawing room has a fine stencilled ceiling, likely from the studio of Daniel Cottier.

Square-plan gatepiers with shallow pyramidal caps define the south entrance, accompanied by low granite walls. Brick and granite coped rubble walls form the remainder of the boundary.