10 Rosemount Square, Aberdeen

10 Rosemount Square, Aberdeen

This is a Grade A four-storey semi-oval-plan block of local authority flats designed by A B Gardiner, City Architect, with design work by Leo Durnin. The building was designed in 1938 and completed between 1947 and 1948. Sculpture was provided by T B Huxley-Jones.

The building is constructed of tooled coursed grey granite with prefabricated dressings and concrete balconies to the courtyard elevations. An eaves blocking course marks the entrance blocks, and two-pane skylights light the attic floor.

The south-east elevation on Leadside Road is symmetrical with eleven bays and a curved profile. A round-arched pend with radial voussoirs leads to the courtyard, surmounted by a bas-relief sculpture of a woman on horseback representing Wind. Windows to the second and third floors sit above this feature. Regular fenestration is maintained across two flanking bays on the left and right. Stair bays feature vertical strips of fourteen-pane glazing stepped out to left and right, with regular fenestration continuing across two outer bays.

The north-east elevation on South Mount Street is asymmetrical with twenty-one bays. An eleven-bay entrance block steps up to the right and contains a round-arched pend with radial voussoirs leading to the courtyard, topped by a bas-relief sculpture of a woman pouring water representing Rain. Windows occupy the second and third floors above this. Two flanking bays feature regular fenestration; three bays to left and right step forward with fourteen-pane vertical stair windows and regular fenestration to two outer bays. A ten-bay curved block adjoins to the left, with four central bays containing pairs of windows at ground floor. Small windows sit below vertical strip stair windows in flanking bays to left and right, with pairs of windows to the ground floor of two outer bays and regular fenestration above.

The north-west elevation on Kintore Place is symmetrical with fifteen bays and deeply chamfered angles that are advanced. A seven-bay block projects to the centre with a small window below a vertical strip stair window in the centre bay, and regular fenestration across three flanking bays to left and right. Three stepped-back bays to left and right maintain regular fenestration. Chamfered angles to outer left and right contain a vertical strip stair window to centre with regular fenestration either side. Three-bay returns to right and left complete this elevation with regular fenestration throughout.

The south-west elevation on Richmond Street is asymmetrical with twenty-one bays. An eleven-bay entrance block steps up to the left and features a round-arched pend with radial voussoirs leading to the courtyard, with windows to the second and third floors above and regular fenestration to two flanking bays left and right. Three bays to outer left and right are advanced with vertical strips of fourteen-pane glazing flanked by regular fenestration in two outer bays. A ten-bay block adjoins to the right, curved to the outer right, with four central bays containing pairs of windows at ground floor. Small windows sit below vertical strip stair windows in flanking bays to left and right, with pairs of windows to the ground floor of two outer bays and regular fenestration above.

The courtyard elevations feature regularly placed doorways flanked by regular fenestration, with vertical strips of single and paired concrete balconies surmounted by louvred screens.

Windows are predominantly lying-pane metal-framed casements. The roof is piended purple-grey slate with lead ridges. Ridge stacks and stacks breaking the pitch are constructed of coped brick in grey brick with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods complete the external detail.

The interiors were not inspected at the time of survey in 1999.