Description

Early 19th century; late 20th century alterations. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay, traditional house with modern corridor adjoining 1-5 Albyn Place (not included in listing). Coursed granite rubble with cherry-cocking; long and short tooled dressings. Long and short quoins; eaves course.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical; doorway to centre of ground floor, replacement panelled timber door with fanlight above, windows to flanking bays to left and right; regular fenestration to 1st floor.

E ELEVATION: gabled; obscured by late 20th century addition adjoining 1 Albyn Place.

N ELEVATION: not seen 2000.

W ELEVATION: gabled; late 20th century glass corridor adjoining 1-5 Albyn Place to ground floor.

Predominantly 18-pane replacement timber sash and case windows (originally 12-pane). Replacement purple-grey slate roof with metal ridge. Coped gablehead stacks with circular and octagonal cans. Cast-iron and PVCu rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: gableted square-plan granite gatepiers to S on Albyn Lane, flanked by brick coped rubble walls, gateway infilled (2000).

Statement of Interest

Albyn Place was originally built on the lands of Rubislaw, owned by James Skene. Skene lived in Albyn Place in Edinburgh (hence the same name in Aberdeen), and commissioned Archibald Elliot to prepare a scheme for Aberdeen based on the New Town in Edinburgh. Albyn Place was the only part of Elliot's scheme to be executed, the remainder being remodelled by Archibald Simpson just over a decade later, and again in the 1840s. Albyn Cottage is more traditional in design than the remainder of Albyn Place, and its location facing Albyn Lane suggests it predates Simpson's scheme. Despite the alterations, Albyn Cottage survives as a good example of an early traditional house, few of which survive in this area.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77775563

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