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Fountainhall Road, ABERDEEN, AB15 4EH

This is the grandest stretch of Hamilton Place with large early 20th Century houses. Many have pink granite frontages contrasting with the more typical grey granite further along the street - see Image

At the junction of Fountainhall Road, a long terrace of traditional granite houses, and Desswood Place.

Solid traditional granite houses, typical of Aberdeen.

Several of the houses here have stained glass panels above their doors.

Every house on the north side of Hamilton Place between Whitehall Road and Fountainhall Road is A-listed, but this is the only A-listed (see: http://data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2200:15:0::::BUILDING:20628 ) house on the south side of the street and is a little difficult to get a good photo of, due to the high hedge and trees. Apart from Queen's Road, this must be Aberdeen's finest street of late Victorian granite villas.

Dating from ca. 1750 and by far the oldest house in the area; a 19th Century granite terrace has been built right against it. C-listed: http://data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2200:15:0::::BUILDING:20134 .

To be more precise, this is now 130 Blenheim Place, formerly Fountainhall House. It is much older than its neighbours, dating from 1752, and the first edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map, surveyed in the 1860s, shows it standing on its own among open fields. It was at one time the Whitehall Industrial School for girls. See https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB20134 for details; the description, appositely, says that it is 'engulfed' by 19th century villas. Also see Image], taken when the vegetation was sparser and did not obstruct the view of the house.

...with Fountainhall Road crossing in the foreground.