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Latitude: 57.1369 / 57°8'12"N
Longitude: -2.1144 / 2°6'51"W
OS Eastings: 393175
OS Northings: 805120
OS Grid: NJ931051
Mapcode National: GBR S95.37
Mapcode Global: WH9QQ.HWC3
Plus Code: 9C9V4VPP+Q6
Entry Name: 249 Holburn Street, Aberdeen
Listing Name: 249 Holburn Street
Listing Date: 23 April 1987
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 355169
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB20379
Building Class: Cultural
Location: Aberdeen
County: Aberdeen
Town: Aberdeen
Electoral Ward: Torry/Ferryhill
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
Early 19th century. 2-storey, 4-bay, rectangular-plan tenement. Random granite rubble, tooled long and short dressings. Long and short quoins; projecting cills; eaves course.
W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical; panelled timber door with 2-pane fanlight to centre to ground floor, flanked to left and right by single window, window to flanking bays to outer left and right; 4 regularly placed windows to 1st floor; 2 single-pane modern skylights to centre of attic floor, flanked to outer left and right by canted piend-roofed dormers; regularly placed ventilators.
S ELEVATION: gabled; blank.
E ELEVATION: symmetrical; stair window centred between ground and 1st floors, 2 windows set in gable breaking eaves above, regular fenestration to remainder.
N ELEVATION: gabled; blank.
Predominantly replacement 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof with tiled ridge. Stone skews. Coped wallhead stacks with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: not seen 1999.
249 Holburn Street would appear to be one of the oldest surviving Aberdeen tenements. It was originally built as a house, then became an inn before finally being converted to tenements. The block fell into disrepair but has recently been refurbished (1999).
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