Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

47 BELMONT STREETLB20131

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
19/03/1984
Local Authority
Aberdeen
Planning Authority
Aberdeen
Burgh
Aberdeen
NGR
NJ 93927 6274
Coordinates
393927, 806274

Description

DESCRIPTION: Later 18th century. 2-storey with attic and basement, 3-bay Classical townhouse. Squared and coursed granite with moulded cornice.

Principal (E) elevation: off-centre corniced timber doorpiece to central bay with three fluted pilasters framing double-leaf, 6-panel timber door to left and ground floor window to right. Above: astragalled, fixed pane stair window with further 6-pane fixed window above. Pair of later tripartite, curved dormers to attic; pair of canted dormers to rear. Small, round-arched attic windows in N and S gable ends. 4-bays to rear with regular fenestration at 1st and 2nd floors.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof. Ashlar skews. Broad gable end stacks with moulded octagonal cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: Good interior scheme. Narrow vestibule with inner double-leaf door with glazed panels. Central, rectangular stairwell, situated at front of building, rises to attic level; turned timber balustrades and hardwood hand rail. Moulded stone chimneypieces in majority of principal rooms to the rear of the building. Panelled friezes and ornamental cornicing throughout.

Statement of Special Interest

No 47 Belmont Street, situated next to the similar No 37 (see separate listing), is a good example of a late 18th century townhouse which adds considerably to the streetscape. There are good interior details remaining such as the stone chimneypieces and decorative cornicing. It is likely that the building originally had a central doorway similar to the one at No 37, although this has been altered at a later date, probably for commercial purposes. Belmont Street was open pasture running alongside the Denburn until the 1770's from which point it was feued for building and quickly developed with a variety of uses and styles lending the street an eclecticism uncommon within the commercial heart of Aberdeen. Until recently, the building was known as 'Caberstone House'. Lower windows boarded (2006).

References

Bibliography

Chapman and Riley, 'The City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen ' Survey and Plan (1949) p.149; W A Brogden ' Aberdeen, An Illustrated Architectural Guide (1986) p.39. Ranald MacInnes, The Aberdeen Guide (1992) p.100 Further information courtesy of the occupier.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

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