Library, Quadrangle, King's College, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Library, hall. 1 related planning application.
Library, Quadrangle, King's College, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen
- WRENN ID
- weathered-shingle-burdock
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Library, hall
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Comprising:
West frontage; John Smith 1825-6.
2-storey ashlar Tudor gothic with archway to quadrangle.
South and East sides of quadrangle and Library; Robert
Matheson 1860-1862, 1870-3, additions W.W. Robertson 1881
again 1894 and 1914 A. Marshall Mackenzie; bookstack Alex.
Cruickshank 1943. Ivy Tower: 17th century. 4-storey circular
rubble built partly enclosed in Mathieson buildings. Cromwell
Tower: Begun 1657. Reconstructed John Smith 1825-6. 4-5
storey (reconstructed from 6, ceilings raised) rectangular,
battlemented top.
Rubble-built.
Henry Scougall panel.
Elphinstone Hall and classrooms;
A. Marshall Mackenzie and Son (A.G.R. Mackenzie) 1927-9,
alterations and additions G. Bennet Mitchell 1956. 1/2-storey
late Scots gothic ashlar with cloister feature.
Wing connecting Elphinstone Hall and Library; G. Bennet
Mitchell 1952, 2-storey ashlar, simple late mediaeval style.
Detailed Attributes
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