230 George Street and 34 John Street Aberdeen, Scotland
Listed Building Data
230 George Street and 34 John Street has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 355796 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 20649
- Canmore ID
- 149133
- Category
- B
- Name
- 230 George Street and 34 John Street
- Parish
- Aberdeen
- County
- Aberdeen, City Of
- Easting
- 393892
- Northing
- 806719
- Date Listed
- 26 May 1977
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Alexander Marshall Mackenzie (for Matthews and Mackenzie Architects) 1883. 3-storey, 4-bay Classical bank occupying prominent corner site. Grey granite ashlar with finely tooled dressings. Base course with channelled rustication; moulded cill courses at ground and 1st floors; prominent moulded cornice; further cornice to garreted 3rd storey above. Advanced corner bay with broad, round-arch doorway to W with giant clasping Ionic columns rising to 2nd storey; cast-iron grill with coat of arms and thistle motif set within arch; stone mullioned bipartite openings above. Channelled pilasters of equal height flank advanced corner bay to S and terminate bays at W and S elevations. Ionic columns flank recessed ground floor openings to W and to S corner bay. Further, recessed timber doorway to far right bay. Plate glass glazing to timber sash and case windows; glazing bars to upper third at ground floor. Grey slate; shallow pitched roof with corniced ashlar stacks; octagonal clay cans.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
This substantial Classical building was designed in 1883 by renowned Aberdeen architect, Alexander Marshall Mackenzie for the 'North of Scotland Bank'. It makes use of strong vertical and horizontal elements to anchor it to its prominent corner site and provides a significant contribution to George Street's lengthy run of commercial and residential property. The fine stonework and assured handling of the Classical style mark this building out as one of particular quality. The majority of Marshall Mackenzies Aberdeen buildings are situated within a fairly compact area towards the N of city centre, with each constructed in a very different style. No 230 George Street is currently unoccupied (2006).
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Chapman and Riley, 'The City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen ' Survey and Plan (1949) p.147; W A Brogden,Aberdeen, An Illustrated Architectural Guide (1986) p.37. Ranald MacInnes, The Aberdeen Guide (1992) p.69.
