19 Queen's Road, Aberdeen

Matthews & Mackenzie, 1882; 20th century additions (not included in listing) linking to 17 and 21 Queen's Road (see separate listings). 2-storey, basement and attic, 3-bay villa. Tooled coursed grey granite with finely finished dressings to NW elevation; granite rubble to remainder. Base course; architraved openings; dividing band course; eaves course; overhanging eaves with roundels on underside.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; banded pilastered doorpiece to centre of ground floor, distyle Tuscan columns in antis flanking doorway, rosette detail in fluted capitals, entablature above, 2-leaf panelled timber door with letterbox fanlight, glazed panels flanking columns to left and right; tripartite window to 1st floor above; tripartite rectangular-plan pilastered windows advanced to bays to left and right of ground floor, narrow windows to left and right returns, single windows to 1st floor above.

SW ELEVATION: blank; modern link addition to outer right.

SE ELEVATION: near-symmetrical; 3-bay; doorway reached by steps, flanked to left by window at ground floor of centre bay; bipartite stair window above; broad canted bays through basement ground and 1st floors of flanking bays to left and right, 4 windows to all floors except 2-light window basement floor of bay to right; 2 small rectangular dormers to attic floor.

NE ELEVATION: link to 17 Queen's Road at ground floor, remainder blank.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows. Piended grey slate roof with lead ridges. Corniced ridge stacks, cans removed. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: fine interior; majority of mouldings survive, panelled timber doors, door and window architraves, cornices and fireplaces; panelled inner door with etched glass upper panel and fanlight to ground floor; ? height Ionic pilastered panelling to hall, chimney-piece with tiled inset and mirrored overmantle, fluted Ionic columned screen, flanked by pilasters, moulded ceiling; fluted Ionic pilasters flanking doorways off hall; staircase with turned timber balusters. Compartmentalised plaster ceilings, pilastered windows and decorative cornices to principal rooms of ground floor. Simple mouldings and fireplaces to upper floors.

ANCILLARY STRUCTURE: Matthews & Mackenzie, former stable and coach house to S entered from Queen's Lane South; 2-storey; granite rubble finely finished to margins; projecting cills; panelled timber doors with letterbox fanlights.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: shared with 17, 21 and 23 Queen's Road. Low square-plan granite ashlar gatepiers with pyramidal caps to NW, flanked by rough-faced granite walls with ashlar coping; tall pier surmounted by urn to Forest Avenue; granite and brick coped rubble walls to remainder.