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Mansion house, built circa 1830 in the style of Archibald Simpson and almost certainly built for John Joseph Robinson (circa 1791 to circa 1850) a merchant in Banff. It is an austere building of 2-storeys over raised basement, and 5-bays. Built of grey granite ashlar, with a bull-faced granite raised basement frontage and return east gable (to Castle Street) and a harled rear and west return gable with sandstone ashlar margins. It has shallow giant angle pilasters and an advanced centre bay fronted by a single storey coupled columned Greek Doric portico which is approached by flight of steps oversailing the basement. Finely detailed panelled front door with side lights, panelled pilaster jambs, modillioned and corniced lintel and decoratively glazed rectangular fanlight. There is 12-pane glazing in ground floor windows, 9-pane in basement, rear and return gable first floor, all timber sash and case. The front first floor windows are 10-pane horizontal glazed casements. The shallow piended slate roof has paired rear corniced stacks and a single rear wallhead stack with modillioned soffits to front and east return gable.. Decorative basement cast-iron spearhead railings with urn finials to stiffeners and matching pedestrian gate. The rear yard is enclosed by rubble and harled rubble walls. The house has a finely detailed interior with a pair fluted Greek Doric hall screen columns, imperial staircase with ornate cast-iron balusters and polished wood handrail. Some rooms, including former dining room, have been subdivided as offices. No chimneypieces survive.
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