1, 3, 5 George Street, Aberdeen

Late 19th century. Narrow, 3-storey and attic, Classical commercial building on corner site with distinctive turreted corner bay. 3-bay to right (E elevation) and single bay to left (S elevation). Finely tooled granite ashlar. Segmental-arched openings at 2nd floor, round-arched openings to attic. Corner entrance flanked by moulded pilasters with brackets supporting cornice over ground floor shops; cill courses to 1st and 2nd floors; eaves course. Engaged column at 1st floor corner; corbelled-out turret at 2nd and attic floors with fish-scale slated candle-snuffer roof and weathervane finial. Giant pilasters, fluted at 1st floor and capped with urn finials, flank corner bay at 1st and 2nd floors and terminate E elevation. Slightly projecting pedimented 2nd bay at E elevation. Above, narrow, single light dormer with pyramidal roof flanked by ornate ashlar-fronted bipartite dormers with oversized panelled pediments.

Plate glass timber sash and case windows with horns with curved glazing to turret. Grey slate; mansard roof. Broad gable end stack; clay cans. Cast iron rainwater goods.