Aberdeen Town House

Aberdeen Town House is a municipal facility in Castle Street, Aberdeen, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building.[1]

Aberdeen Town House
Aberdeen Town House
LocationAberdeen
Coordinates57.1481°N 2.0944°W / 57.1481; -2.0944
Built1874
ArchitectJohn Dick Peddie and Charles Kinnear
Architectural style(s)Scottish baronial style
Listed Building – Category A
Designated12 January 1967
Reference no.LB19990
Shown in Aberdeen

History
The old Town House in the High Street

The building was commissioned to replace the old 18th century town house in the High Street.[2] The new facility incorporated the remaining part of a 17th-century tolbooth.[1] It was designed by John Dick Peddie and Charles Kinnear in the Scottish baronial style and was completed in 1874.[1][3] It was extended along Broad Street to include the City Chambers in 1975.[1]

King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra inspected a Guard of Honour from the 3rd Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders in front of the new town house on 27 September 1906.[4]

Works of art include a sculpture of Robert the Bruce by Anne Davidson showing the Scottish king in 14th-century armour carrying his shield and sword.[5][6]

Mortification boards inside the town house, detailing names of benefactors.

The new town house initially housed Aberdeen Town Council from 1874 to 1895, when that body was replaced by Aberdeen Corporation.[7] It remained the Corporation's headquarters until it was replaced by Aberdeen District Council under the wider Grampian Regional Council in May 1975.[8] It then remained the Aberdeen District Council headquarters until the abolition of the Grampian Region led to the formation of Aberdeen City Council in April 1996.[9]

The building was extensively refurbished at a cost of £4 million between August 2014 and March 2017.[10]




References
  1. Historic Environment Scotland. "Aberdeen Town House including Municipal Offices, Council Chambers, Court Houses and Tolbooth, Castle Street and 2 Broad Street, Aberdeen  (Category A) (LB19990)". Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. "Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen, High Street, Old Aberdeen Town House, Library". Canmore. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. "Aberdeen Town House". Gazetteer for Scotland. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. "Royal memento gifted to Aberdeen". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. "Obituary: Anne Davidson". The Scotsman. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. "Aberdeen City: Davidson Cultural & Sporting Links" (PDF). Clan Davidson Association. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. "Aberdeen Corporation". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  8. "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  9. "Civic Rooms". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  10. "Completion date on Aberdeen Town House pushed back again". Press and Journal. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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