44B Rubislaw Den South, 44, 44A, Aberdeen

W and J Smith & Kelly. 2-storey, basement and attic, 3-bay villa with gothic and classical detailing. Tooled coursed grey granite finely finished to margins at S elevation; Aberdeen bond granite to remainder. Base course.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; pilastered and entablatured doorway to centre bay of ground floor, reached by flight of stone steps flanked by railings, 2-leaf panelled timber door with decorative fanlight above; architraved window to centre bay of 1st floor, panelled apron flanked by scrolls, geometric glazing pattern; gableted bipartite dormer to attic floor above; gabled bays to left and right; 3-light canted window through basement, ground and 1st floors, bipartite windows set in gableheads, with flat hoodmoulds above.

E ELEVATION: asymmetrical; gabled bay to left, with canted single storey ingleneuk advanced to centre, with small decoratively leaded windows; wing advanced to right, irregular fenestration.

N ELEVATION: asymmetrical; gabled wing advanced to left; predominantly regular fenestration; rectangular dormer to centre bay of attic floor, modern skylight flanking to right.

W ELEVATION: asymmetrical; M-gabled; granite steps ascending from right to left to doorway to left of 1st floor, panelled 2-leaf timber door with fanlight above, leaded window flanking to right; small window to centre of 1st floor, gableted dormer to attic floor at centre; flue advanced from basement of gabled bay to right; various openings set below staircase.

Variety of timber sash and case and casement windows. Grey slate roof with lead ridges. Coped and corniced gablehead stacks with circular cans. Coped stone skews with blocked and moulded skewputts. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

GATES, GATEPIERS, RAILINGS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: square-plan ashlar gatepiers to S surmounted by pyramidal caps, low stepped Aberdeen bond ashlar walls between, surmounted by simple railings, 2-leaf iron gates, with scrolled piers, swept down to centre; brick and granite coped rubble walls to remainder.