429 Union Street, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 May 1977. 1 related planning application.
429 Union Street, Aberdeen
- WRENN ID
- deep-pediment-swift
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Constituency
- Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1977
- Address
- 429 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6DA
- OS grid reference
- NJ 934 058
- Coordinates
- 57.14326, -2.10976
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
441-443 Union Street in Aberdeen is a 1932-1933 cinema designed by A Marshall Mackenzie, based on earlier plans by Clement George from 1927-1931. The building is three stories tall and features an asymmetrical design with a steel frame and a polished granite front. Above the central canopied entrance, there are three tall windows on the second and third floors, with small sculpted panels above that display the inscription 'CAPITOL' and a simplified Art-Deco pediment. The cinema is flanked by two bays on the left and three bays on the right, with shops located at 429 and 433 on either side of the entrance. There is also a door leading to a store above shop 433. The side and rear walls of the building are made of brick.
Inside, the auditorium has been divided horizontally, with a nightclub located upstairs and a bar/restaurant below. The original proscenium arch has been retained.
Local climate
429 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 — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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