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Aberdeen, Brierfield Terrace, Cairncry Court

Tower Block (20th Century)

Site Name Aberdeen, Brierfield Terrace, Cairncry Court

Classification Tower Block (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen, Cornhill-stockethill, Section I

Canmore ID 172620

Site Number NJ90NW 1189

NGR NJ 91538 07718

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/172620

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeen, City Of
  • Parish Aberdeen
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District City Of Aberdeen
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ90NW 1189 91538 07718

Activities

Construction (1966 - 21 December 1967)

A development of three multi-storey blocks built as public housing development 'Section I' in the Cornhill-Stockethill area for Aberdeen Borough Council. The seventeen-storey block, Cornhill Court, contains 100 dwellings. The two-sixteen storey blocks, Rosehill Court and Cairncry Court, contain 188 dwellings in total. The contractor for the development was George Wimpey & Co. Ltd. Construction began in 1966.

Glendinning and Methusius 1994

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