St Joseph's School, 1 Queen's Road, Aberdeen

Probably Matthews and Mackenzie, circa 1880; minor alterations by A Marshall Mackenzie, 1902; links to 3 Queen's Cross and 3 Queen's Road by W J Devlin, 1911 and 1923. 2-storey and basement, 3-bay, rectangular-plan villa, originally detached, now linked to 3 Queen's Cross and 3 Queen's Road (see separate listings). Tooled coursed grey granite, with contrasting light grey dressings, finely finished; granite rubble to SE Elevation. Base course; panelled aprons; long and short rusticated quoins; eaves course; overhanging eaves on brackets.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; 2 tripartite windows to basement floor, enclosed by low wall and railings; distyle Tuscan porch advanced to centre of ground floor, pilasters flanking doorway, panelled timber door with letterbox fanlight reached by 5 stone steps; corniced and architraved tripartite windows to flanking bays to left and right of ground floor, with pilastered astragals; regular fenestration to 1st floor.

SW ELEVATION: obscured by link (to 3 Queen's Road), W J Devlin, 1923.

SE ELEVATION: near-symmetrical; 5-bay; round-arched leaded glass window to centre between ground and 1st floors; timber door flanked to right by window, flight of iron steps with railings leading to garden; regular fenestration to basement floor; single windows to penultimate bays to left and right of ground floor, bipartite windows to outer left and right; near-regular fenestration to 1st floor; modern skylights to attic floor. Additions by W J Devlin adjoining to outer left and right (see above and below).

NE ELEVATION: obscured by link (to 3 Queen's Cross), W J Devlin, 1911.

Predominantly 2-pane and 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Piended grey slate roof with lead ridges. Corniced wallhead stack with octagonal cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: many of mouldings, architraves and panelled doors survive. Panelled timber inner door with glazed upper panels, flanked to left and right by glazed panels, simple fanlight above; depressed arch on fluted pilasters with moulded keystone, leading to dog-leg staircase with decorative iron balusters; leaded and stained glass stair window. Panelled principal room to E at ground floor (painted), round-arched niches flanked by slender pilasters; deep coved frieze ornamented with cartouche details, some bearing letter "B" (initial of original owner); dentil moulded cornice; panelled shutters to windows. Decorative marble fire surround to headmistresses office.