Description

G Sutherland, circa 1900. 2-sotrey and attic, 4 bay mirrored pair of 2-bay houses. Tooled coursed grey granite, finely finished to margins. Rough-faced base course; cill course to 1st floor; overhanging eaves with timber bargeboards.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; 2 wide flights of steps ascend to 2 round-arched doorways in centre 2 bays of ground floor, deeply chamfered, decorative inverted Art Nouveau horseshoe surrounds with keystone detail, panelled timber segmental-arched doors with glazed upper panel, flanked to left and right by glazed panels, elaborate stained glass fanlights, flanked by 2 smaller glass panels to left and right; window above each doorway; canted windows through ground and 1st floors of gableted bays to outer left and right, bulls-eye opening set in gablehead to attic with decorative surround, iron finial to apex; modern skylight to centre of attic.

N AND S ELEVATIONS: gabled.

W ELEVATION: not seen 1999.

Predominantly 2-pane PVCu windows except to attic floor. Grey slate roof with lead ridge. Coped gablehead stacks with octagonal cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIORS: not seen 1999.

BOUNDARY WALL: low coped granite boundary wall to E.

Statement of Interest

George Sutherland (1861-1927) was a pupil of Pirie and Clyne and also Ellis and Wilson, both of which were prestigious Aberdeen architectural partnerships. The influence of Pirie and Clyne is easily recognisable in the deeply chamfered inverted horseshoe doorways which can be seen in many of their buildings, notably those in Hamilton Place (see separate listings). The unusual name of Polmuir came from the original site of the Duthie Park, which was a marshy piece of land covered in gorse (or whin, hence the nearby "Whinhill Road), it was known as Pulmoor, and the surrounding area has since taken on the name of "Polmuir".

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77776673

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)