82 Cameron Street, Stonehaven

Probably John Smith of Aberdeen, 1836, roof recast circa 1900. 2-storey, 3-bay, gabled house with pedimental blocking course to consoled doorpiece and bracketed and consoled ground floor windows, on elevated site (falling steeply to S) surrounded by enclosure walls. Distinguishing glazing. Harled with contrasting margins. Deep ashlar base course, 1st floor cill course and gableheads (see Notes).

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Slightly set-back centre bay with step and dwarf walls leading up to 8-panelled door with narrow flanking lights and arcaded fanlight, and window above breaking eaves into piended dormerhead; flanking broad gabled bays with window to each floor (those to ground taller).

N (REAR) ELEVATION: asymmetrically-fenestrated elevation with 1st floor T-projection at centre oversailing small courtyard and adjoining ancillaries (see below).

E ELEVATION: gabled elevation with slightly advanced centre bay, 3 windows to ground, that to centre blind, and single window to centre above.

Margined 8-pane glazing pattern to S, E and W, small pane and plate glass glazing patterns to N, all in timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slates. Paired coped ashlar stacks straddling gableheads with polygonal cans. Overhanging eaves with plain bargeboarding, and decorative ironwork finials.

INTERIOR: some moulded cornices and picture rails, 6-panelled architraved doors, timber fire surround to drawing room, some panelled timber shutters retained and steeply curving staircase with plain ironwork balusters.

ANCILLARY BUILDINGS: single storey, pitch-roofed, slated, rubble ancillary range to N, incorporating some cobbled sett floors.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS: flat- and rubble-coped rubble boundary walls with some buttresses. S wall with inset decorative cast-iron railings.