1802 – West Prison, Aberdeen, Scotland
Aberdeen’s Bridewell opened 1802 and was demolished around 1868. An impressive stone gateway to the Bridewell prison stood until 1883 when it was demolished.
Aberdeen’s Bridewell opened 1802 and was demolished around 1868. An impressive stone gateway to the Bridewell prison stood until 1883 when it was demolished.
Oldmill was an Aberdeen reformatory set up in 1857 and occupied by about 150 boys. Closed in 1898.
From The Building News, March 27, 1868: “WE give this week an illustration of the new townhall about to be erected in Aberdeen,
Aberdeen’s handsome granite Art Gallery, designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie of Matthews & Mackenzie, was opened in 1885.
Perspective view as published in The Building News, December 14th 1883.
Perspective view & plans published in The Building News, April 9th 1897. Marshall formed a partnership with Robert Burns Dick in 1895 and the year after they won the competition for the Corporation Lodging House in Aberdeen.
“This building occupies a site on the west side of George-street, and extends westwards to a narrow lane,
Originally constructed for a local drapery firm, long out of business. Not as suggested on a wide open space but on a junction of two streets,
The building was originally constructed between 1837 and 1844 by Aberdeen architect Archibald Simpson. This 1837 building formed a U-shaped quadrangle,
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, is the largest theatre in north-east Scotland seating over 1400. The theatre is situated on Rosemount Viaduct,