54 Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen

Arthur Clyne, 1900; later additions and alterations. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay villa. Rough-faced coursed grey granite, with finely finished light grey dressings. Base course; architraved openings; panelled aprons to ground floor; 1st floor cill course; overhanging eaves with timber bargeboards.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; regular fenestration to ground and 1st floors of bays to centre and right, tripartite rectangular dormer to attic floor; gabled bay advanced to left, 4-light canted window to ground floor with parapet forming balcony to 1st floor, tripartite window to 1st floor, 5-light canted oriel window with pilastered mullions set in gablehead, advanced gablehead, terracotta finial to apex.

E ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 3-bay; 2 gabled bays to left, doorway to right at ground floor, deep entablature supported by deep pilastered brackets and surmounted by stylised scrolls, panelled timber door with fanlight, window to 1st floor above; regular fenestration to bay to left; 4-light canted window to ground floor of bay to right, bipartite window to 1st floor above.

N ELEVATION: wing advanced to centre, modern double conservatory to left return, remainder not seen 2000.

W ELEVATION: asymmetrical; gabled bay to right, windows to left at ground floor, stair window above; irregular fenestration to bays outer left.

Predominantly replacement timber sash and case windows; PVCu windows to rear. Purple grey slate roof with terracotta ridges. Corniced gablehead stacks and stacks breaking pitch with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

ANCILLARY STRUCTURE, GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: rectangular-plan granite garage to NE, with broad boarded and glazed timber door, pyramidal slate roof. Square-plan tooled ashlar gatepiers with shallow pyramidal caps to S, low coped wall between surmounted by modern railings; granite and brick coped rubble walls to remainder.