6 Marine Terrace, Aberdeen

Designed by Archibald Simpson, 1830-31; Nos 9 and 10 built 1837; scheme revised and complete 1877-1882, Duncan McMillan and J Russell Mackenzie. 27-bay classical terrace comprising 9 3-bay houses: Nos 7 & 8 2-storey basement and attic, remainder single storey basement and attic. Coursed grey granite ashlar, with finely finished dressings. Base course; architraved window and door openings; pilastered doorways with panelled timber doors, letterbox fanlight; ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement doorways; strip quoins; eaves cornice, band course to Nos 7 and 8; eaves blocking course; canted dormers to attic.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: near-symmetrical; Nos 3-6: 2 mirrored pairs of 3-bay cottages, doorways to centre 2 bays of basement and ground floors, flanked to outer bays by pair of windows; 2 dormers to attic floors. Nos 7 and 8: stepped up mirrored pair of 2-storey houses: doorways to centre 2 bays of basement and ground floors, flanked to outer bays by pair of windows; regular fenestration to 1st floor; 2 dormers to attic floor of each house. Nos 9 and 10: symmetrical; doorway to centre bay of each cottage at basement and ground floors, flanked to left and right by single window, original 1837 fanlight to No 10; 2 dormers to attic above. No 11: doorway to bay to left of basement and ground floors, flanked to right by pair of windows, fanlight bearing Roman numeral "X"; 2 dormers to attic.

N ELEVATION: gabled; harled; predominantly obscured by adjoining 1967 terrace.

W ELEVATION: variety of openings to basement; windows and doors flanked by pairs of canted windows to principal floor; regular fenestration to 1st floor.

S ELEVATION: asymmetrical; harled; half-gabled; blank.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows; 4-pane to No 9, 12-pane to No 10. Grey slate roof with lead ridge. Stone skews with blocked skewputts. Coped granite ashlar gablehead and ridge stacks with octagonal cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIORS: decorative entrance porches, with etched or stained glass; original staircases with turned balusters; much of original skirting boards and cornices survive; some original fireplaces.

RAILINGS: decorative iron railings on low coped wall flanking basement and steps to doorways.