2 Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen

Arthur Clyne, architect, John Morgan, builder, 1899. 2-storey and attic, 5-bay, L-plan villa. Rough-faced pink and grey granite, coursed and Aberdeen bond, finely finished to margins; rubble N elevation. Base course; dividing band course; overhanging eaves.

S (RUBISLAW DEN SOUTH) ELEVATION: symmetrical; 3-bay centrepiece in pink rough-faced granite, crowstepped central gable flanked by wallhead stacks; finely finished grey granite entrance bay slightly recessed in round arch with impost and keystone details, pilastered tripartite doorpiece, panelled pilastered timber door with letterbox fanlight, flanked by glazed panels, central lamp above, tripartite window to 1st floor, decoratively glazed roundel to attic floor; single windows to ground and 1st floors of flanking bays to left and right. Regular fenestration to bays to outer left and right at ground and 1st floors, modern skylights to attic floor above.

E (FOREST ROAD) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 2-bay; gabled bay to left with jerkin head, canted tripartite pink granite window to centre of ground floor, waisted necks to mullions, window to 1st floor above, tripartite window set in gablehead; regular fenestration to ground and 1st floor of bay to right, dormer to attic floor; outer right angle curved at ground floor, corbelled to form angle at 1st floor.

N ELEVATION: gabled; irregular openings.

W ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 3-bay; gabled bay advanced to right with jerkin head, bowed window advanced to ground floor, 3 window openings; single window to 1st floor above, tripartite window set in gablehead. 2 recessed bays to left, doorway to outer left, regular fenestration to remainder.

Predominantly timber sash and case windows, some PVCu windows to N. Grey slate roof with lead and terracotta ridges. Coped wallhead and gablehead stacks with circular cans. Cast-iron and PVCu rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

GATES, GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: square-plan ashlar gatepiers to SE, coped with spherical caps; low coped granite walls flanking stepped up to W; rubble walls to remainder.