Caretaker's House, North Esplanade West, Aberdeen is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 February 2000. Caretaker's house.
Caretaker's House, North Esplanade West, Aberdeen
- WRENN ID
- fallen-timber-flax
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Caretaker's house
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
John Bisset & Sons, builders, circa 1937. 3-storey and attic, 3-bay Free Style caretaker's house on front of former Aberdeen Mineral Water Co. factory. Tooled coursed grey granite finely finished to margins. Moulded band and cill courses; keystone detail to windows; eaves cornice.
SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: near-symmetrical; broken curvilinear gable; panelled 2-leaf timber door with geometric fanlight to centre of ground floor, flanked by 3-light window to left, large vehicular doorway to flanking bay to right; 2-light triangular-plan oriel window to centre of 1st floor, flanked to pair of windows to left and right; 3 symmetrically placed round-arched bipartite windows to 2nd floor, with exaggerated entasis to central column mullions, truncated pilasters with blocked label stops flanking each bay and breaking eaves with spherical finials; round-arched window with Y-tracery to centre of attic floor, flagpole adjoining centre, gable above stepped-up with spherical finial.
NE, NW AND SW ELEVATIONS: obscured by adjoining buildings.
Predominantly 5-pane and 15-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof with tiled ridge; corniced stone skews. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: not seen 1999.
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