167, 169 Union Street, Aberdeen is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 March 1984. Corner building. 2 related planning applications.
167, 169 Union Street, Aberdeen
- WRENN ID
- eternal-step-bone
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Constituency
- Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1984
- Type
- Corner building
- Address
- 167, 169 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6BB
- OS grid reference
- NJ 939 060
- Coordinates
- 57.14535, -2.10238
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This building, located at 167 and 169 Union Street in Aberdeen, dates from around 1870 and is a three-storey structure with an attic. It features three bays facing Union Street, along with a canted angle bay and a return elevation to Bridge Street. The building is constructed of granite and has modern shops at street level, including a wide door at the corner.
The first-floor windows have curved angles and are paired, with a stilted design above the canted angle bay that includes a bracketed balcony and a central pier. The second-floor windows are segmental headed, also paired, and feature a small balcony at the angle. A simple cornice runs along the top, and there are three pilastered dormers with segmental heads. The angle features a tripartite design with a shaped gable, flanked by tall corniced stacks. The roof is a slated mansard style.
Local climate
167, 169 Union 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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