Rubislaw House stood to the west of the old Toll House and the road to the Spademill and faced the Skene Road, now called Queens Road. It was the manor house of the Rubislaw estate and is believed to have been built in 1675. Above the doorway is the coat of arms of Sir George Skene of Fintray. The house was demolished in 1886.

The entry for Old Rubislaw House on the Aberdeen City Historic Environment Record website states that John Morgan, master mason acquired the house and site and wanted to preserve the old building. However, the house stood in the way of the straightening of Queen's Road and was out of alignment with the houses being developed on the road, and was therefore demolished in 1886.

The only parts of the old house preserved in its replacement, the current Rubislaw House, were the steps leading up to the front door, shown here, which were placed at the conservatory door, and the entrance door lintel moulded and inscribed 'A 1675 F' which was been placed over the arch of the kitchen door.

The arms above the door were removed prior to the demolition of the house and were taken into the possession of William Forbes Skene, editor of the Memorials of the Family of Skene of Skene (1887).

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