Basic Site Details Name: | Aberdeen Municipal Buildings and Tolbooth | City or county: | Aberdeen | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | 1895 competition assessed by William Young. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | ![Item 1 of 3](images/table_item.gif) | Aberdeen County and Municipal Buildings | Yes | | ![Item 2 of 3](images/table_item.gif) | Aberdeen Public Buildings | Yes | | ![Item 3 of 3](images/table_item.gif) | Courthouse | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | ![Item 1 of 1](images/table_item.gif) | Municipal building | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | ![Item 1 of 3](images/table_item.gif) | 2, Broad Street | Yes | | ![Item 2 of 3](images/table_item.gif) | Castle Street | Yes | | ![Item 3 of 3](images/table_item.gif) | Castlegate | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | ![Item 1 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | 1862 | | | First five schemes, including extending courthouse of 1820 and central towered scheme | ![Item 2 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | 1863 | | | Octagonal towered scheme and final scheme with square corner tower | ![Item 3 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | 1867 | | | Working drawings for final scheme | ![Item 4 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | 23 February 1871 | | | Municipal buildings opened | ![Item 5 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | 1873 | | | Courthouse opened | ![Item 6 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | 1895 | | Journal reference | Competition for reconstruction; unclear whether any of the work was carried out | ![Item 7 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | After 1924 | Before 1930 | | Extensions | ![Item 8 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1930 | | | Alterations | ![Item 9 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | 12 July 1957 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | 'plans approved by TC for municipal offices at Broad Street. Estimated cost ₤775,000' per Builder p87 | ![Item 10 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | 16 January 1959 | | Proposed | '£750,000 municipal office development at Broad-st. First stage includes a five-storey granite block and...widening of the eastern entry to Broad-st.' per Builder p165 | ![Item 11 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | 1962 | | Addition | Tower block addition plannned. | ![Item 12 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | 13 March 1964 * | | Scheme accepted | Plans for new Broad St municipal buildings approved by Lord Provost's Committee, costing £2m - work to begin in early 1965, being completed in three years | ![Item 13 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1965 | | Addition | Tower block addition begun | ![Item 14 of 14](images/table_item.gif) | 1972 | | Addition | Extension to Town House |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | ![Item 1 of 7](images/table_item.gif) | Brogden, W A | 1998 | Aberdeen: an illustrated architectural guide | Second edition | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | p24 | ![Item 2 of 7](images/table_item.gif) | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | pp446, 550 | ![Item 3 of 7](images/table_item.gif) | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p550 | ![Item 4 of 7](images/table_item.gif) | Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | | London: Mansell Publishing | | ![Item 5 of 7](images/table_item.gif) | MacInnes, Ranald | 1992 | The Aberdeen guide | | | p53 | ![Item 6 of 7](images/table_item.gif) | RSA | 1864 | | | | 172 | ![Item 7 of 7](images/table_item.gif) | Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen | | London and New Haven: Yale University Press | pp138-139 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | ![Item 1 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Aberdeen Journal | 5 November 1862 | | | | ![Item 2 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Aberdeen Journal | 10 June 1863 | | | | ![Item 3 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Builder | 26 September 1863 | XXI | | | ![Item 4 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Builder | 2 December 1866 | XXIV | | | ![Item 5 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Builder | 8 June 1868 | XXVI | | | ![Item 6 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Builder | Late 1895 | LXIX | | pp153, 222 & 420 | ![Item 7 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Builder | Early 1896 | LXX | | p257 | ![Item 8 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Builder | Late 1896 | LXXI | | p101 | ![Item 9 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Builder | 12 July 1957 | | | p87 | ![Item 10 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Builder | 16 January 1959 | | | p165 | ![Item 11 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Builder | 13 March 1964 | | | p580 | ![Item 12 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Building News | 30 January 1863 | | | | ![Item 13 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Building News | 19 June 1863 | | | | ![Item 14 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Building News | 1 December 1865 | | | | ![Item 15 of 15](images/table_item.gif) | Building News | 27 June 1868 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | ![Item 1 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | Aberdeen City Archives | George Bennett Mitchell and Son Collection | | GBM/1930/45/1 | ![Item 2 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 19990 | | ![Item 3 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | | DPM/1860/25/6 | ![Item 4 of 4](images/table_item.gif) | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Alexander Buchanan Gardner: L no3704 (box 15) |
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