Belmont House, Belmont Brae, Stonehaven

Circa 1820, altered. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay, piend-roofed, traditional house in large walled garden, on falling ground; with piended and slated bracketted canopy over door and mutuled cornice to dormer window. Roughly dressed sandstone ashlar with projecting cills.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Flight of stone steps with flanking ironwork railings leading to centre bay at ground with decoratively-astragalled part-glazed timber door and 3-pane fanlight surmounted by later canopy cantilevered out on decorative timber brackets; windows in flanking bays and regular fenestration close to eaves at 1st floor. Large slate- hung, polygonal-roofed, canted dormer window to centre above flanked by large solar heating panels (see Notes). Large modern conservatory projecting at outer left.

NE ELEVATION: regularly-fenestrated 2-bay elevation (bays widely spaced) with tall wallhead stack at centre and later single storey additions adjoining at right.

SW ELEVATION: piended later addition to main house, including French windows accessing modern conservatory.

Predominantly replacement 4-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Tall coped wallhead stacks with octagonal cans.

BOUNDARY WALLS, GATEPIERS AND GARDEN RAILINGS: coped, coursed rubble boundary walls, heightened in parts, with dressed ashlar quoins; brick-coped with door to Ann Street. Pair of tall square-section, channelled ashlar gatepiers with cornices and large ball finials. Decorative cast-iron garden railings to SE of house.