Bank, 40 Albyn Place, Aberdeen

Earlier 19th century; 20th century additions and alterations. 2-storey, 3-bay villa. Tooled coursed granite ashlar finely finished to margins. Base course; dividing band course; eaves course; overhanging eaves.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; doorway to centre bay of ground floor, with balustraded 1st floor balcony supported on 2 Tuscan columns, 2-leaf panelled timber door with letterbox fanlight; 2-light window to centre of 1st floor; 3 windowed bowed bays through ground and 1st floors of flanking bays to left and right.

W ELEVATION: single storey flat-roofed addition to right of ground floor, autoteller set into wall of flanking bay to left; remainder blank.

S ELEVATION: obscured by 20th century addition.

E ELEVATION: windows to centre bay of ground and 1st floor.

Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Piended grey slate roof with lead ridges. Coped wallhead stacks with square and circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: fine plasterwork to principal rooms of ground floor, some panelling on walls; deep cartouche friezes, moulded cornicing, panelled ceiling with decorative mouldings at intersections; caryatids supporting niche arch to W room; remainder remodelled as bank.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: square-plan gatepiers to N with pyramidal caps. Low kerb wall to N; granite and brick coped rubble walls to remainder.