5A And 5B Rubislaw Den North Including Boundary Walls And Gatepiers, Aberdeen

William Ruxton, 1900. 2-storey and attic, 4-bay villa with single storey and attic, 3-bay wing. Tooled coursed grey granite, finely finished to margins of NE elevation; Aberdeen bond granite to remainder. Rough-faced dark grey granite base course; ground and 1st floor cill courses, dividing string course; overhanging eaves with queenpost detail to gableheads.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; gableted timber porch on granite base course to penultimate bay to right, 2-leaf panelled timber door reached by stone steps, stained glass windows flanking to left and right, quadripartite stained glass windows to left and right returns, single window flanking to right, gableted window to 1st floor above; gabled bays advanced to left and right, tripartite windows to ground and 1st floor of bay to right, quadripartite window to ground floor of bay to left, with blind panels above, 12-pane stained glass mullion and transomed window above. Recessed bay to left: 2-leaf panelled timber door to right of ground floor, with leaded upper panels and fanlight, window flanking to left, gableted window to 1st floor above. 3-bay wing adjoining to outer left: oversized 5-light canted bay advanced to right, scalloped crenellated parapet, half-hexagonal roof with finial to apex, panelled timber door with large plate glass fanlight to bay to centre, flanked by 2 windows to left; tripartite windows with catslide roofs to attic floor.

NW ELEVATION: addition to ground floor, gabled bay to right, smaller gablet to left.

SW ELEVATION: asymmetrical; variety of openings and gables, modern skylight to attic floor.

SE ELEVATION: M-gabled; predominantly obscured by wing, gabled with single window.

Predominantly timber sash and case windows with leaded and stained glass upper sashes. Grey slate roof with lead ridges. Corniced gablehead and ridge stacks with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIORS: not seen 2000.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: square-plan gatepiers to NW, flanked by low rough-faced granite coped walls; rubble walls to remainder.