Basic Site Details
| Name: | Provost Skene's House |
| City or county: | Aberdeen |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | A Listed |
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| Notes: |
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
 | Broad Street | Yes | |
| 45, Guestrow | Former address | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| c. 1545 | Construction | Begun | |
| 1951 | 1953 | Restoration | |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| John Houston | 1951 | 1953 | Restoration of painted work | ||
| Aberdeen City Architect's Department (later City of Aberdeen District Council Architects Division) | A | 1951 | 1953 | Restoration | |
| Alexander Buchanan Gardner | A | 1951 | c. 1953 | As City Architect - restoration | |
| Edward Alexander Meldrum | A | 1951 | 1953 | Restoration - as assistant with Aberdeen City Architect's Department | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Aberdeen Corporation | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | p550 | ||
| Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen | London and New Haven: Yale University Press | p133 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| RIAS Quarterly | August 1953 | no 93 | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) | p39 |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 20156 | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | Edward Alexander Meldrum's papers: A no12441 and F no5735 (Combined Box 97) | |