Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Works

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	Ann Street	Yes
	Hutcheon Street	Yes
	Maberly Street	Yes

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1808		Build/construction	Old Mill - the oldest surviving iron framed mill in Scotland.
	1904			Sewing Mill
	After 1906	Before 1921
	1908			Alterations to beam engine house
	1912			3-storey and basement weaving department
	1913	1914		North and South Mills

People

Design and Construction

The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column.
	Name	Role	Partnership Group	From	To	Notes
	Fenton Murray Wood & Co		A	1808		May have been designed by them
	John Wilson Walker		A	After 1906	Before 1921	Large alterations and additions - flax store and spinning mill, alterations to beam engine house and new north and south mills
	Robert Gordon Wilson (junior)		A	After 1906	Before 1921	Large alterations and additions - flax store and spinning mill, alterations to beam engine house and new north and south mills
	Wilsons & Walker		A	After 1906	Before 1921	Large alterations and additions - flax store and spinning mill, alterations to beam engine house and new north and south mills
	Robert Gordon Wilson (senior)		A?	After 1906(?)	Before 1915(?)	Large alterations and additions - flax store and spinning mill, alterations to beam engine house and new north and south mills- possibly done by Wilsons & Walker after R G Wilson Senior's retirement

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M	2015	The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen		London and New Haven: Yale University Press	pp96, 213
	Watson, M	1992	Matthew Murray and Broadford Works, Aberdeen: evidence for earliest iron framed flax mills	23(2)	Textile history, pp225-242

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Aberdeen City Archives (Copy in Public Library)	Aberdeen Plans Committee Minutes
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	43908	Maberly Street, Broadford Works with Returns to Ann Street and Hutcheon Street
	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	RIBA Nomination Papers		John Wilson Walker: F v25 no1871 (microfilm reel 15)