2 Hamilton Place, Aberdeen

Later 19th century. 2-storey and attic, 2-bay villa with Scots Baronial detailing. Tooled Aberdeen bond granite, finely finished to margins. Long and short quoins; eaves course; iron finals to gablets and tower.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 2-bay; doorway to right of ground floor in segmental-arched hoodmould, panelled timber door reached by 2 stone steps, letterbox fanlight; gableted window breaking eaves to 1st floor above; flanking bay to left blank, advanced flue through ground and 1st floors breaking eaves, blind shield to centre. Circular-plan tower through ground and 1st floors of bay to outer left, 3 windows to ground and 1st floors, conical slate roof.

E ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 3-bay, window to left and right of ground floor, 2-light stair window between ground and 1st floors to centre, window breaking eaves to right of 1st floor; piend-roofed 2-light dormer to attic floor above.

N ELEVATION: gabled bay to left with piend-roofed single storey addition to ground floor; bay to right not seen 2000.

W ELEVATION: asymmetrical; tower to outer right (see above). Ground floor not seen 2000; piend-roofed window breaking eaves to right of 1st floor; gableted window breaking eaves to left.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows. Piended grey and purple-grey slate roof with lead ridges. Coped granite gablehead and wallhead stacks with octagonal and circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: 2 square-plan rough-faced granite gatepiers to S, with coped pyramidal caps; low coped granite walls flanking to left and right; brick coped rubble walls to E and W.