The Robert Gordon University, 352-354 King Street, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 June 1966. Educational.

The Robert Gordon University, 352-354 King Street, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 June 1966
Type
Educational
OS grid reference
NJ 944 072
Coordinates
57.15566, -2.094
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Robert Gordon University, located at 352-354 King Street in Aberdeen, was built between 1869 and 1871 by William Smith for the Boys' and Girls' Hospital, with later additions by William Kelly in 1890. This Italian-style building is two stories high, featuring advanced ends with tripartite arrangements. The center has an arched door with a tripartite window above, flanked by three-story quoined towers that have open top stages. The building is topped with low-pitched roofs and broad eaves.

Local climate

The Robert Gordon University, 352-354 King Street, Aberdeen receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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