Kaim House, Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen

Kaim House, located at Robert Gordon University on Garthdee Road in Aberdeen, was designed by A. Marshall Mackenzie and Son in 1910. This two-storey and basement villa is built in a U-shape and features a simple neo-Regency style. The south elevation is symmetrical, with full-height bowed bays topped with conical roofs, flanking a curved terrace with railings and steps. The other sides of the building display irregular window arrangements. The main entrance on the south elevation has a glazed door with narrow rectangular sidelights and a fanlight above. The entrance on the west elevation features a roll-moulded architrave inscribed with a verse from Psalm 121, verse 8: "THE LORD SHALL PRESERVE THY GOING OUT AND THY COMING IN." Adjacent to the west elevation is a garage with a segmental arched opening and stepped pyramid details at the corners. The north (rear) elevation includes a round stair tower topped with a candlesnuffer roof.

The building has a variety of glazing patterns set in timber frames. Its pitched roof is covered with grey slates, and it features harled walls with coped wallhead and ridge stacks.

Inside, as observed in 2014, the ground floor contains large public rooms facing south, adorned with acanthus leaf and egg-and-dart cornicing. The southwest room on the ground floor has painted timber paneling. A curved stone staircase located to the north of the plan features a decorative newel post, while the balusters are plain. Throughout the building, there are six-panel timber doors, with the doors to the public rooms on the ground floor being two-leaf. Two rooms on the first floor have decorative mantlepieces.