26 John Street Aberdeen, Scotland
Listed Building Data
26 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 399597 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 50947
- Category
- C
- Name
- 26 John Street
- Parish
- Aberdeen
- County
- Aberdeen, City Of
- Easting
- 393918
- Northing
- 806738
- Date Listed
- 27 July 2007
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Late 19th century. Diminutive 3-storey, attic and basement, 3-bay warehouse with ornate Dutch gable to John Street elevation. Grey stugged granite ashlar to John Street; squared and coursed rubble to other elevations. Principal (SE) elevation: moulded cill course at ground floor; eaves course. 2-leaf metal door to central bay; tripartite, segmental-arched fanlight above. Recessed window bays with segmental-arched openings and moulded cills rising to attic level. Ornate, Dutch-gable with segmental-arched hoodmoulds to attic openings, central oculus window with moulded surround to gable apex. Coped skews; cast-iron finial at apex. Irregular fenestration to NE elevation with metal roller-shutter door to far right. 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate; tall narrow wallhead stack to E corner; broad gable stack to rear (NE). Clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods. INTERIOR: Partly seen (2006). Cast-iron columns, flanges and capitals boxed-in. Early 20th century lift rising to all floors.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
No 26 John Street is a good example of late 19th century warehouse building situated on a prominent corner site. Of particular note is the distinctive Dutch gable, an unusual feature in a warehouse building. It's tall narrow proportions add significantly to the streetscape. City centre warehouses are rare in Aberdeen and No 26 is an interesting survival. Located some distance from the harbour, No26 John Street would most probably have held goods on route to and from the harbour. Aberdeen's expanding economy at the time led to the construction of a number of smaller warehouses with the John Street area at the time supporting iron, painting and knitting works all in close proximity to one another. No26 may have originally been constructed as a storage facility for wool or cloth.
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1866-1868); Chapman and Riley, 'The City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen ' Survey and Plan (1949) p.147.
