131 1/2, 133, 135, 137, 139 Union Street, Aberdeen is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Tenement. 15 related planning applications.

131 1/2, 133, 135, 137, 139 Union Street, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
outer-rampart-thyme
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Tenement
Address
131 1/2, 133, 135, 137, 139 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6BH
OS grid reference
NJ 940 061
Coordinates
57.14596, -2.10007
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This early 19th-century building is a three-storey tenement with a basement and attic, featuring four bays in a Classical style. It is located on the east elevation next to Back Wynd Steps. The structure has been altered for shops on the ground floor and includes a distinctive central panelled and coped wallhead stack. It is constructed from grey granite ashlar and has a band course on the east side, an eaves cornice, and a blocking course. Some of the east-facing windows have round-arched openings, and there are a pair of piended bipartite dormers. The glazing varies, including plate glass and timber sash and case windows with 12 and 4 panes on the upper storeys, while the shops feature plate glass. There are also some blind openings on the east elevation.

Local climate

131 1/2, 133, 135, 137, 139 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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