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Aberdeen, Guild Street, Bus Station
Bus Station (Modern)
Site Name Aberdeen, Guild Street, Bus Station
Classification Bus Station (Modern)
Canmore ID 172743
Site Number NJ90NW 1191
NGR NJ 9419 0594
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/172743
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 1191 9419 0594
Following proposals for the demolition of Guild Street bus station, RCAHMS carried out a full photographic survey of the exterior of the bus station. The purpose of this survey was to supplement the existing holdings of the National Monuments Record Scotland.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), April 1999.
Field Visit (21 April 1999)
This was a 2 storeyed, flat roofed bus station. The west side was built of dressed granite (ground floor) with grey brick pilasters enclosing recessed panels faced with vertical rusticated yellow tiles. A wooden framed window at the top of each panel. The corners and much of the upper level constructed from concrete blocks. The north leg had 1 bays and the south leg, 5.5 bays. On the E side the ground floor was faced with glazed yellow tiles. Sloping re-inforced canopy covering the passenger bays. The building contained a shop, ticket office and travel section on the ground floor with offices above.
Visited by Miles K Oglethorpe, Industrial Survey, RCAHMS, 21 April 1999.
