Aberdeen Arms Hotel, The Square, Tarland

Late 18th century. 2-storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan inn, symmetrical main elevation with twin 2-storey, 3-bay wings to rear. Squared and snecked yellow sandstone harled to sides.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: Broad, symmetrical elevation, regular fenestration with 2-leaf timber panelled door to centre. Plain slightly projecting margin framing entrance.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: twin gable ends of rear wings obscured by modern flat-roofed additions to ground floor.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: gable end, single storey pavilion wing with piended roof.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: gable end of main building to left. 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical house front with door to centre abutting to right, forming bar entrance of rear wing. Single storey modern addition to outer right.

4-pane, sash and case windows. Grey slates, lead flashing. Coped skews with scrolled skew putts and coped gable stacks.

INTERIOR: retains original layout with entrance leading to lobby and central staircase to the rear leading to upstairs rooms with ground floor rooms to left and right. The bar is located within the range to the rear.

STEADING: single storey, 5-bay, rectangular-plan, gabled steading to rear of inn forming courtyard. Irregular fenestration with gabled goods door breaking eaves to centre left of courtyard elevation and corrugated iron addition to outer left. Gable ends terminating in ball finials.