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20-22 Back Wynd, Aberdeen

A Category B Listed Building in Aberdeen, Aberdeen

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.1476 / 57°8'51"N

Longitude: -2.1005 / 2°6'1"W

OS Eastings: 394016

OS Northings: 806309

OS Grid: NJ940063

Mapcode National: GBR SC4.0B

Mapcode Global: WH9QQ.PLYX

Plus Code: 9C9V4VXX+3Q

Entry Name: 20-22 Back Wynd, Aberdeen

Listing Name: 20 and 22 Back Wynd

Listing Date: 9 October 1991

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 354406

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB19969

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200354406

Location: Aberdeen

County: Aberdeen

Town: Aberdeen

Electoral Ward: George St/Harbour

Traditional County: Aberdeenshire

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Description

Later 19th century. 2-storey and attic, 5-bay commercial and domestic building with Classical detailing including distinctive pilastered ground floor shop front. Principal (E) elevation with stugged granite ashlar, polished ashlar base course, deeply projecting cornice. 6-bay fixed-pane plate glass windows to shop. 2-leaf door to far left bay with glass fan-light above; entrance to No 22 at 4th bay with glazed margins. Tall openings to 1st floor with narrow aprons. 3 segmental arched dormers; pair of pedimented dormers to rear.

Multi-pane margined timber sash and case windows; grey slate; mansard roof; ashlar skews and skewputts; cast-iron rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

Nos 20 and 22 Back Wynd is a good example of the paired-back Classicism which is distinctive to central Aberdeen. The building has a particularly distinctive 6-bay pilastered shopfront which integrates effectively with its neighbours and forms an important part of the streetscape of Back Wynd. Before the building of Union Street, Back Wynd led down to the Green and was the last street on this side of the Medieval town.

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