1, 3, 5 St Nicholas Street, Aberdeen

1, 3, 5 St Nicholas Street is a later 19th century, two-storey and attic commercial building located on a prominent corner site in Aberdeen. It features a three-bay design with a gable that sweeps over a broad curved southeast corner bay, and has a later shopfront at ground level. The exterior is made of picked granite ashlar with a band course that returns to the eaves level.

On the east elevation, there are a pair of bipartite windows on the first floor, which are adorned with Corinthianesque columned stone mullions and chamfered arrises. To the left, there is a wide opening that has been altered to include a single fixed-pane curved glazing, which leads to three single window bays on the south elevation. Above, there is a small attic window in the broad gable end.

The building has non-traditional fixed-pane windows, including a large curved single-pane window at the corner bay. There is also a five-pane timber sash and case attic window in the gable end. The roof is covered with grey slate and features a pair of canted, tripartite piended-roof dormers on the east pitch. The ashlar skews, broad gable end stack, and clay cans complete the architectural details.