5 Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen

Probably A Marshall Mackenzie, late 19th century. 2-storey, 4-bay double villa. Rough-faced coursed grey granite and tooled Aberdeen bond granite finely finished to margins. Rough-faced pink granite base course; dividing band course; overhanging eaves; queenpost detail to gableheads.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: asymmetrical. 5 Rubislaw Den South: 2 bays to left; single window to ground and 1st floors of bay to right, bipartite rectangular dormer to attic floor above; gabled bay to left, 3-light canted window through ground and 1st floors, parapet forming balcony to attic floor, tripartite window set in gablehead of attic floor. 7 Rubislaw Den South: 2 bays to right; doorway to bay to right at ground floor, pilastered panelled timber door flanked by glazed panels, letterbox fanlight, window to 1st floor above, skylight to attic; shallow rectangular-plan tripartite window through ground and 1st floors of bay to right, decoratively scrolled parapet breaking eaves with central cartouche, bipartite rectangular dormer to attic floor above.

W ELEVATION: gabled; window to centre of 1st floor, addition to outer right.

S ELEVATION: gabled bay advanced to right, 3-light bowed window through ground and 1st floors, tripartite window set in gablehead; remainder not seen 2000.

E ELEVATION: symmetrical; 5-bay; rough-faced granite to centre 3 bays; broad round-arched doorway to centre bay at ground floor, moulded impost detail above, voussoirs alternating between rough-faced and finely finished granite, with keystone detail, panelled door deeply recessed, windows flanking to left and right; regular fenestration to 1st floor, corniced central window; bull's-eye opening below central gablet at attic floor, wallhead stacks clasping gable to left and right; regular fenestration to bays to outer left and right.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof with decoratively pierced terracotta ridge. Stone skews with blocked skewputts. Coped wallhead, gablehead and stacks breaking pitch, circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIORS: not seen 2000.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: Square-plan rough-faced granite gatepiers to NE, with pyramidal caps, low coped Aberdeen bond walls flanking to left and right; high rubble walls to remainder.