Peterhead, Grey through to brilliant red. Old Waverley Hotel, Princes Street, Aberdeenshire. columns around windows (1883); Palmerston Place Church, pink arches and columns internally (1873) (both in Edinburgh); Prudential Assurance, Ramsden and New Streets, below terracotta; Royal Bank of Scotland, columns; Market Square, ‘Nawaab’ restaurant; Westgate, pink (all in Huddersfield). Kemnay, NW of Kemnay. Granite. Medium-grained. Yes Aberdeen, Light speckled silvery grey. Marischal College, Aberdeen. Aberdeenshire. Quarries in Aberdeen, Rubislaw and Lower Persley. Granite. Fine- to medium-grained, No Aberdeenshire. Light to dark bluish grey. coarsely crystalline. Extremely durable. Royal Bank of Scotland, 42 St Andrew Square, grey granite base (1936). Most of the notable buildings of Aberdeen and much exported. Alford, E of Aberdeen, Corennie. Granite. Coarse- and medium-grained. Yes Aberdeenshire. Light to dark salmon pink. Blocks can sometimes be half and half Also grey. the two colours.
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Grey through to brilliant red. Old Waverley Hotel, Princes Street, columns around windows (1883); Palmerston Place Church, pink arches and columns internally (1873) (both in Edinburgh); Prudential Assurance, Ramsden and New Streets, below terracotta; Royal Bank of Scotland, columns; Market Square, ‘Nawaab’ restaurant; Westgate, pink (all in Huddersfield). Kemnay, NW of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire. Kemnay. Light speckled silvery grey. Granite. Medium-grained. Marischal College, Aberdeen. Yes Quarries in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire. Rubislaw and Lower Persley. Light to dark bluish grey. Granite. Fine- to medium-grained, coarsely crystalline. Extremely durable. Royal Bank of Scotland, 42 St Andrew Square, grey granite base (1936). Most of the notable buildings of Aberdeen and much exported. No Alford, E of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire. Corennie. Light to dark salmon pink. Also grey. Granite. Coarse- and medium-grained. Blocks can sometimes be half and half the two colours. Yes