Beechwood, 46 Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen

Brown and Watt, 1896. 2-storey, basement and attic, 3-bay villa. Rough-faced grey granite ashlar with finely finished long and short dressings to S elevation; Aberdeen bond granite rubble to remainder. Base course; dividing band course; long and short quoins; eaves course; overhanging eaves supported by timber modillions.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; Tuscan columned and pilastered porch to centre bay of ground floor, clasped between advanced flanking bays, surmounted by stone balustrade, 2-leaf panelled timber door flanked by leaded panels and fanlight, glazed 2-leaf door with fanlight to balcony at 1st floor; flanking bays to left and right advanced, 4-light canted windows to ground floors with parapets forming balconies to 1st floor; bipartite windows to 1st floor; glazed rectangular-plan cupola to apex of attic floor with piended roof.

E ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 2-bay; regular fenestration to basement, ground and 1st floors of bay to left, 4-light canted window to ground floor of bay to right, tripartite window to 1st floor above; canted oriel dormer to centre of attic floor. Single storey and attic wing adjoining to outer right.

N ELEVATION: asymmetrical; piend-roofed single storey and attic wing advanced to left; 2 small windows to centre bay of ground floor, large stained glass stair window to 1st floor above; regular fenestration to flanking bay to right.

W ELEVATION: asymmetrical; bipartite window to centre bay of ground floor, single window above; regular fenestration to bay to left.

Timber sash and case windows to S elevation; PVCu windows to remainder. Piended green-grey slate roof with lead ridges. Corniced wallhead stacks with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: tiled floor to entrance porch, pilastered panelled inner door with leaded upper pane and fanlight; elaborately plastered ceiling in hall; timber staircase with turned balusters; mouldings survive.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: square-plan tooled granite ashlar gatepiers to S with pyramidal caps, low stepped ashlar walls between punctuated by oblong piers with corniced necks; brick and granite coped rubble walls to remainder.