Standing Building Recording

Date May 2017 - May 2018

Event ID 1105643

Category Recording

Type Standing Building Recording

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1105643

NS 59223 65536 A programme of historic building recording was undertaken, May 2017 – May 2018, as part of redevelopment work. Queen Street Station is category A listed and the adjacent Millennium Hotel is category B listed. The work included demolition of the 1970s extension to the Millennium Hotel; demolition of Consort House, 12 West George Street; demolition of a number of smaller buildings surrounding the train shed buildings and ground disturbance related to the redevelopment and new buildings.

Several visits were undertaken to the site during the works. A full photographic survey was undertaken of all areas of the site prior to redevelopment, with a focus on areas of the site immediately adjacent to the listed train shed. Selected photographic survey was undertaken of the interiors of Consort House and the Millennium Hotel prior to demolition. Further photographic survey visits were made to record the exposed pillars of the train shed, following the removal of buildings around the car park at East St Andrew Street; the wall bounding the East St Andrew Street car park prior to any planned insertions; and the revealed W platform elevation following removal of buildings.

The work has provided a record of the 1970s buildings fronting George Street on either side of the planned new extension to Queen Street Station and also recorded elements of the 19th-century train shed that have been previously hidden from view by later redevelopment.

Archive: NRHE (intended)

Funder: Network Rail

Elizabeth Jones – Addyman Archaeology

(Source: DES Vol 19)