163-167 King Street, Aberdeen is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 March 1984. 2 related planning applications.

163-167 King Street, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
veiled-quartz-pearl
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 March 1984
Address
163-167 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5AE
OS grid reference
NJ 943 067
Coordinates
57.15144, -2.09438
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

169 King Street in Aberdeen is a mid to late 19th-century building consisting of a run of four, two-storey and attic townhouses, with a shop located at the ground level of Nos 163-167. The building is constructed from grey granite ashlar, with rubble at the rear. It features a string course and a blocking course, along with piended dormers. There is an elliptical arched opening leading to a pend at the far left of No 61. The shop front has a recessed entrance door, flanked by plate glass windows supported by narrow timber columns and topped with a consoled timber fascia.

The building displays a variety of window styles, including some four and twelve-pane timber sash and case windows, as well as some non-traditional windows. The roof above Nos 163-167 is a mansard style.

Local climate

163-167 King Street, Aberdeen receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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