The Main Staircase
The Club was built in the 19th Century for local silk merchant James Saint
and was built to a standard impossible to emulate today. The fish scale
slating on the turrets, the stained glass window on the pitch pine stair
case, the massive curved glass bay windows and the astonishing craftsmanship
of the ceiling in the bar are virtually unique to this building. The granite
fronted building and it's magnificent "monkey puzzle" tree is one of the
finest examples to be found anywhere and is one of the most famous landmarks
on Queen's Road.
It has become one of the most envied properties in Aberdeen and is a
source of considerable pride to the members that they are fortunate enough
to have such a magnificent building to call their own. The realisation that
it is unlikely the generosity of the nine local businessmen who donated the
Club to it's members will ever be repeated makes the existing membership even
more determined to keep their Club as it is, where it is!
Prior to becoming the Sportsman's Club, the building was the residence of
the Lord Provost and would have been where visiting dignitaries stayed when
visiting Aberdeen.
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