Description

John Smith, 1830; reconstructed circa 1900; No 484 converted for British Linen Bank, Dick Peddie, Todd and Jamieson, 1937. 4-storey, 3-bay former cistern, converted to tenement. Coursed granite ashlar. Channelled rustication to ground floor; bipartite windows to 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors; 3rd floor band course and projecting cornice above cill level; eaves cornice and blocking course.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: near-symmetrical; 4-light window to centre of ground floor, flanked by left and right by advanced doorways, 2-leaf panelled timber doors with tall letterbox fanlights; modern shop front to right of ground floor, 5-light window to left; 2 pairs of giant pilasters flanking central bay to 1st and 2nd floors, rising to break eaves with block pediment between; regular fenestration to 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors.

NE AND SW ELEVATIONS: obscured by adjoining terraces.

NW ELEVATION: not seen 2000.

2-pane timber sash and case windows. Roof material not seen 2000. Coped stone skews. Gablehead stacks with octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

Statement of Interest

478-484 Union Street was originally built as the cistern for Aberdeen by John Smith (1781-1852). It was essentially a giant tank, designed to look like a tenement. Circa 1900 it was converted into a tenement. No 484 at ground floor, became the "West End Branch" of the British Linen Bank. The shopfront was remodelled by Dick Peddie, Todd and Jamieson in 1937. 478-484 is now predominantly in commercial use.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56625238

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2