6 Albert Terrace Including Boundary Walls And Railings, Aberdeen

Archibald Simpson, circa 1840, built circa 1848-1867. Single storey and attic, basement to Nos 1-13, 72-bay terrace comprising 34 2-bay and 3-bay cottages. Tooled Aberdeen bond granite rubble Nos 1-31, tooled coursed granite ashlar Nos 32-34 and 1 Prince Arthur Street. Base course; stone steps to pilastered doors some with fretwork timber lintels, letterbox fanlights; doorways corniced with consoles; windows of Nos 1, 14-18, 20, 21, 26-28, 31, 33 and 34 corniced with consoles; panelled aprons to ground floor windows; long and short quoins; eaves course; predominantly canted dormers to attic, some later additions.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: regular fenestration to basement floor. Nos 1, 9, 10, 13, 19, 20-25, 28 and 32: 2-bay; doorway flanked by single window to principal floor. Nos 8, 16, 31 and 33: 3-bay; doorway to centre of principal floor flanked to left and right by single window. Nos 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 11-12, 14-15, 17-18, 26-27 and 29-30: 4-bay mirrored pairs of 2-bay cottages; pair of doorways to centre 2 bays flanked to left and right by windows. No 34: 2-bay; window to each bay.

W (1 PRINCE ARTHUR STREET) ELEVATION: 3-bay; gabled; doorway to centre, flanked to left and right by window; blind window set in gablehead above.

S ELEVATION: variety of modern additions, door and window openings; dormers to attic floor.

E ELEVATION: gabled; part harled; outer right angle curving to principal elevation with curved window.

Predominantly 2-pane and 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof with lead ridge, terracotta to No 34/1 Prince Arthur Street. Coped stone skews. Corniced gablehead and ridge stacks with octagonal and circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS: low granite walls surmounted by iron railings to principal elevation; coped rubble walls to rear.