10 Albert Street Including Boundary Walls And Railings, Aberdeen

Archibald Simpson, circa 1840, built from circa 1849 by Mackenzie and Matthews; Nos 10-18 to N completed after 1864. Single storey, attic and basement, 19-bay terrace of 2-bay and 3-bay cottages. Coursed granite ashlar. Base course; stone steps to doorway; pilastered timber doorways, panelled timber doors, some glazed, with letterbox fanlights; principal floor door and window openings corniced with consoles; eaves blocking course; gableted 3-light rectangular dormers to attic floor.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: No 2: symmetrical; regular fenestration to each bay; 2 dormers to attic. Nos 4-16: regular fenestration to basement; doorways to bay to left of principal floor, flanked to left by small window at Nos 10-16; window to bay to right; 2 dormers to attic floor of Nos 4, 12, 14 and 16, single dormer flanked by skylight to Nos 6-10. No 18: segmental-arched openings to basement; doorway flanked to left by small window to bay to left, window to each of 2 flanking bays to right; 2 dormers to attic floor.

NW ELEVATION: gabled; window off-centre to right of ground floor.

SW ELEVATION: Nos 2-10: single storey basement and attic, irregular fenestration, some canted windows to principal floor; variety of dormers to attic; Nos 12-18: 2-storey and basement; canted windows through all floors to each, flanked by regular fenestration.

SE ELEVATION: door to centre, flanked to left by window and to right by blind opening; round-arched window centred in gablehead above with impost and keystone detail.

Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows, 12-pane to No 18. Grey slate roof with lead ridge. Coped stone skews. Coped gablehead and ridge stacks with octagonal cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods, recessed in walls to principal elevation.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS: low granite wall to NE, with railings in places, railings flanking steps. Brick coped rubble walls to rear.