Grimsby Chambers, 168-174 Market Street, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 November 1994. Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.

Grimsby Chambers, 168-174 Market Street, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
scattered-baluster-sable
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 November 1994
Type
Commercial building
Address
Grimsby Chambers, 168-174 Market Street, Aberdeen, AB11 5PP
OS grid reference
NJ 944 057
Coordinates
57.1428, -2.09292
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Grimsby Chambers is a commercial building located at 168-174 Market Street in Aberdeen, designed by Cameron & Watt in 1900. This three-storey and attic structure features a six-bay and three-bay design in the Free Style architectural style, situated on a corner site. It has shaped gables with pediments and distinctive ogival roofs at the corners, along with a variety of window openings. The building is constructed from pitted grey granite, with a pink granite base course, and includes a deep cornice over the pilastered ground floor and an eaves course.

The elevations are asymmetrical, with a chamfered corner entrance on the southwest side that has a four-leaf panelled timber door and a small oval fanlight. On the southern side, there are round arched windows at the ground level, with two-light canted bay windows above, and a panel displaying the name 'GRIMSBY CHAMBERS'. The western side features a two-leaf timber entrance door to the right, also with an oval fanlight and a balustraded balcony above. The ground floor includes non-traditional shop windows, while the second storey has round arches with deeply recessed windows.

The building predominantly features four, six, and eight-pane timber sash and case windows over plate glass. It has a grey slate roof, tall corniced wallhead and gable stacks, and cast iron rainwater goods and hoppers.

Local climate

Grimsby Chambers, 168-174 Market Street, Aberdeen receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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