Aberdeen, 85-89 Loch Street
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Garage (Modern), Public House (Period Unassigned), Street Art (21st Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, 85-89 Loch Street
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Garage (Modern), Public House (Period Unassigned), Street Art (21st Century)
Canmore ID 320344
Site Number NJ90NW 2693
NGR NJ 93978 06690
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/320344
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Standing Building Recording (11 June 2012 - 21 August 2012)
A level 2 standing building survey was carried out on 11 Jopps Lane and 85-89 Loch Street, Aberdeen. An archaeological evaluation was carried out at the site after demolition and levels associated with the 'New Aberdeen loch' were recorded.
Information from Oasis (camerona1-133005) 22 October 2012
NJ 93990 06672 A standing building survey was carried out, 11 June – 21 August 2012, on a 19th-century garage and a 20th-century public house prior to their demolition. Following the demolition an evaluation revealed deposits from the Aberdeen Loch. Documentary evidence indicates that in the 17th century geese were feeding on the grass of the loch, with Parson Gordon describing it as a ‘marisch’ in 1661, and Taylor’s map of 1773 showing the bed of the loch as an area of dry land called ‘Lochlands’.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Scape Homes JF Ltd
Alison Cameron (Cameron Archaeology) 2012 (DES)
Field Visit (16 May 2018)
There are two pieces of street art on the north-west and south-east facing side-walls of 85 Loch Street, which face on to Jopp’s Lane. The piece on the south-east side was created by Robert Montgomery and comprises white capital letters on a black background and it was created as part of the 2017 NuArt festival (https://2017.nuartaberdeen.co.uk/artists/robert-montgomery-uk/, accessed 25.6.2018). The words read:
MODERNISM ISNT A STYLE
MODERNISM IS A DREAM
OF FREE EDUCATION AND
RACIAL EQUALITY AND
LIBRARIES FULL OF BOOKS
AND DREAMS NO LONGER
FULL OF TEARS/THE AIR
CHASES+SCATTERS
RED LIGHT>>THAT’S WHY WE THE
SKY IS BLUE, WHEN WE ARE
CLOUDLESS/WHEN IT IS
BIG-GUSHED
The other work (on the north-west facing wall) is a painting by Fintan Magee which reaches the full height of the building and comprises the feet of three people walking over rubble (https://2017.nuartaberdeen.co.uk/artists/fintan-magee-au/, accessed 25.6.2018).
Visited by HES (AGCH, LM) 16 May 2018.
