47 Belmont Street, Aberdeen

DESCRIPTION: Later 18th century. 2-storey with attic and basement, 3-bay Classical townhouse. Squared and coursed granite with moulded cornice.

Principal (E) elevation: off-centre corniced timber doorpiece to central bay with three fluted pilasters framing double-leaf, 6-panel timber door to left and ground floor window to right. Above: astragalled, fixed pane stair window with further 6-pane fixed window above. Pair of later tripartite, curved dormers to attic; pair of canted dormers to rear. Small, round-arched attic windows in N and S gable ends. 4-bays to rear with regular fenestration at 1st and 2nd floors.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof. Ashlar skews. Broad gable end stacks with moulded octagonal cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: Good interior scheme. Narrow vestibule with inner double-leaf door with glazed panels. Central, rectangular stairwell, situated at front of building, rises to attic level; turned timber balustrades and hardwood hand rail. Moulded stone chimneypieces in majority of principal rooms to the rear of the building. Panelled friezes and ornamental cornicing throughout.