5, 7, 9 Marischal Street, Aberdeen

Later 18th century (See Notes). 3-storey with attic and basement, 5-bay classical townhouse with later public house to ground floor on sloping site. Loanhead granite ashlar with raised margins; moulded eaves course; regular fenestration to 1st and 2nd floors. Central 5-light box dormer in mansarded roof. Ground floor public house with symmetrical frontage; stugged ashlar basecourse; large tripartite fixed pane windows flanking recessed 2-leaf door; further recessed entrance at far left.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Ashlar coped skews at right gable; large granite ashlar ridge stack with later red brick upper section; clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: Blackfriars Public House (formerly The Royal Oak) occupies ground and 1st floor of 1-3 and 5-9 Marischal Street. 19th century gantry with later additions and alterations.