Murtle House, Aberdeen

Built in 1823, Murtle House was designed by Archibald Simpson in a Greek Revival style and built for John Thorburn. Additions were made by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie in 1891. It is a two-storey and basement, stuccoed, roughly H-shaped country house.

The front and rear elevations of Murtle House have flanking, pedimented wings that are two bays wide. The east (entrance) elevation has a pilastrade and a central, pedimented doorpiece and the west elevation has a Greek Doric, low-domed, portico to the centre.

A multi-purpose, irregular-plan, single-storey, Modernist community hall (known as Camphill Hall), dating from 1961-2 and designed by Gabor Tallo, is attached to the north end of Murtle House. It is constructed in rendered brick and has a sweeping roof. The hall comprises a large rhomboid auditorium and stage with a semi-circular chapel to the west and ancillary spaces.

At the time of listing in 1971, the interior of Murtle House was described as completely redesigned and only the Treatment Room surviving from the original interior (information taken from the previous listed building record). The 1962 hall has Expressionist stained glass by Hermann Gross and decorative interior timberwork.