66 Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen

Probably Robert Gordon Wilson, circa 1901; later additions. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay villa. Tooled Aberdeen bond pink granite ashlar finely finished to margins; rubble to rear. Rough-faced base course; dividing string course; hung Rosemary tiles to gableheads; overhanging eaves with timber bargeboards. Deeply chamfered angles to ground floor corbelled to form right angle at 1st floor, narrow chamfered window with decorative leaded glass to each.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 5-light window advanced to ground floor of bay to left, gabled bipartite window breaking eaves to 1st floor. Gabled bays advanced to right, pair of bipartite windows to ground floor, chamfered outer angles, 4-light canted oriel with half timbered detail below cill at 1st floor; gablehead advanced on timber brackets.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 3-bay; gabled bay advanced to right, flat-roofed garage addition to ground floor; flat-roofed porch to re-entrant angle to left, window to centre, round-arched doorway to left return, 2-leaf panelled timber door with decorative door furniture, fanlight; decorative open timber porch with timber balustrade between ground and 1st floor, pair of bipartite gabled windows breaking eaves to 1st floor.

N ELEVATION: asymmetrical; bipartite window to left of ground floor, windows breaking eaves with catslide roofs to centre and left bays of 1st floor, piend-roofed dormer to attic floor, flanked by pair of 2-pane skylights. Former service wing advanced to right of ground floor, modern timber conservatory addition to centre and left return, painted brown.

W ELEVATION: asymmetrical; M-gabled; tripartite stair window to gabled to left, irregular fenestration flanking to left, small window set in gablehead; timber lean-to conservatory to ground floor, curved outer right angle with tiny arrowslit window with leaded glass, 3-light oriel window to 1st floor.

Predominantly timber-framed windows with decoratively leaded top hoppers, some timber sash and case windows. Rosemary tiled roof with terracotta ridges. Coped wallhead and gablehead stacks with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: fine interior; much of original panelling, mouldings, fireplaces, door furniture and light fittings survive; oak panelled entrance hall and porch, decorative plasterwork ceiling to porch; staircase with turned and blocked balusters.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: square-plan gatepiers to S with low stepped granite wall between; brick and granite coped rubble walls to remainder.