42, 42A Marischal Street, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Townhouse. 1 related planning application.

42, 42A Marischal Street, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
outer-bonework-tarn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Townhouse
Address
42, 42A Marischal Street, Aberdeen, AB11 5AL
OS grid reference
NJ 945 062
Coordinates
57.14691, -2.09252
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

42 and 42A Marischal Street in Aberdeen is a townhouse built around 1789 to 1821. It stands three stories tall with an attic and features two bays, situated on a sloping site. The exterior is made of grey granite ashlar and includes an eaves band. The central tripartite windows on the second and third stories have stone mullions. The recessed doorway has a timber panelled door, which is flanked by Tuscan columns that support a large fanlight. There is a cast-iron plant railing at the second-story window.

The side elevation (north) is five stories high with three bays and has regular window placement. It features a segmental arched opening on the ground floor to the right and a pair of attic dormers. The windows are multi-pane timber sash and case with glazed margins. The roof is covered with grey slate, and there is a red brick stack on the left gable with granite ashlar facing. Clay cans and recessed cast-iron rainwater goods are also present.

Local climate

42, 42A Marischal 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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