85-87 Waterloo Quay, Aberdeen

Attributed to John Smith (see Notes), 1837. 3-storey and attic, 3-bay well-proportioned former Custom House building in the Classical style. Grey granite ashlar. Base course and channelled rustication to ground floor (S elevation); cill course at 1st floor; blocking course and substantial moulded cornice. Segmental arched openings at ground floor. Double-leaf timber door to 1st bay; segmental-arched tripartite fanlight above. 2-bay, single-storey wing to left. Moulded margins and projecting architraves to 1st floor openings; raised cills at 2nd floor. 4-bays to E elevation; blind openings to 1st and 2nd bays at upper floors; wallhead nepus gable stack with central attic window and coping. Further, slightly recessed bay to far right with door to ground floor and further wallhead gable. Single round 'porthole' window to rear (W) elevation.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof,; coped ashlar end stacks.

INTERIOR: converted in 1980's to offices. Plaster cornices to principal ground floor rooms; timber balustraded dog-leg stair case; boardroom with decorative cornice plasterwork and integral timber chimneypiece. Large, shallow-vaulted basement with flagstone floor and brick shelving.