Ruthrieston South Church, Holburn Street, Aberdeen

A Marshal Mackenzie, of Matthew and Mackenzie, 1890. T-plan, simple gothic church with gableted bellcote; hall additions 1904 and 1971. Single storey, basement to E; single storey hall with 2-storey additions. Coursed Aberdeen bond granite, finely finished to margins. Base course; string course at cills; chamfered reveals; blocking buttresses; predominantly trefoil-headed windows; eaves course.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 7-bay; steeply-pitched gableted porch to penultimate bay to left, pointed-arched doorway with hoodmould and decorative label stops, 2-leaf boarded timber door with decorative ironwork hinges, stone crucifix to apex; quadripartite window to left return, right return blank; single window to flanking bay to left; single window to penultimate bay to right, flanked to left and right by bipartite windows. Church hall additions advanced to outer right, 1904 hall gabled, 1971 addition of tile-hung 1st floor to left return.

E ELEVATION: asymmetrical; gabled; 3-light pointed-arched window surround encompassing central pointed-arched window, flanked to left and right by trefoil-headed window, hoodmould with decorative label stops, crucifix to apex; church hall advanced to left, 2 flat-arched windows and single pointed-arched window to right return, remainder blank.

N ELEVATION: near-symmetrical; 7-bay; alternation single and bipartite windows to each bay; NE lean-to transept adjoining to outer left, timber door to basement reached by stone steps, flanked by modern window, quadripartite window centred above.

W ELEVATION: symmetrical; gabled; pointed-arched window surround to centre, 5-light with alternation pointed-arched and trefoil-headed windows; trefoil window set in gablehead above; bellcote to apex with bell, Celtic cross to apex.

Predominantly square-pane leaded windows with stained glass panels. Grey slate roof with lead ridge and cast-iron ventilators, graded roof to porch. Coped skews with moulded skewputts. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: timber panelled below dado; aisless nave; simple timber pews; segmental-arched window surrounds; timber barrel-vaulted roof. Panelled timber porch. Chancel stepped up, decorative timber screen to E wall; replacement stained glass window above; gothic pulpit.

Hall: to SE; panelled below dado, decorative cornicing and mouldings to ventilators; stage to N.

GATES, GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: rubble walls to S, E and N; coped Aberdeen bond coursed granite walls to W stepped up to form gatepiers, decorative cast-iron 2-leaf gate.