The Town School, Little Belmont Street, Aberdeen

The Town School, located on Little Belmont Street in Aberdeen, was designed by John Smith and built between 1840 and 1841. This monumental, single-storey building features an E-plan layout and is constructed in the late Greek Revival style. The central portico, which is pedimented and features a Greek-Doric three-arched design, is flanked by advanced single bay pavilions. The exterior is made of grey granite ashlar with finely tooled dressings, and the corners are pilastered. It includes a wide band course, a projecting cornice, and a coped blocking course at the top.

The remaining elevations are built with squared, coursed rubble. The west side has segmental-arch openings, while the east side features a pair of openings at eaves level with a margined, multi-pane glazing pattern. The first and second bays of the rear elevation have a piended wallhead gable, leading to a two-storey, six-bay structure.

The principal (south) elevation has timber-framed windows with multi-paned glazing. The roof is covered with grey slate, and there are wallhead dormers on the west elevation. The building also has cast-iron rainwater goods. A later low ashlar boundary wall to the south is punctuated by regularly spaced pyramidal piers and railings.

Inside, the layout has been altered to create an open-plan bar, although some original plaster work remains.