Basic Site Details
| Name: | Powis House |
| Town, district or village: | Old Aberdeen |
| City or county: | Aberdeen |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | B listed |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | 11 Powis Circle |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Powis Community Centre | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| House | ||
| Community Centre | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| 11, Powis Circle | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1802 | 1804 | Build/construction | |
| 1830 | 1834 | Build/construction | Entrance gateway |
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 | |
| George Jaffray | B | 1802 | 1804 | Simple Palladian style. Was paid for work at the house at this time and may therefore have designed and built it. | |
| Alexander Fraser | A | 1830 | 1834 | Entrance gateway | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Leslie, Hugh | Cleint for original 1787-8 house |
| Leslie, John | Client for 1830s gateway |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | London: YUP. 4th edition | ||
| Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen | London and New Haven: Yale University Press | pp198, 214 | |
| Spalding Club | Powis Papers | Third Spalding Club, 1954, ed J G Burnett, P366 | |||
| Spalding Club | Powis Papers | Third Spalding Club, 1951, ed. by J G Burnett, 101, 335 | |||