Well, here at Other Aberdeen, we're always suspicious of idealism, we always feel we have to look around the back, as it were.
Those who believe that "The Victorians" could do no wrong blindly overlook some of the most egregious acts of vandalism which they perpetrated in our city. The development which the city underwent in the second half of the 19th century was done in a hurry. Some evidence remains...
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| Fountainhall. Depicted in the 1867 Ordnance Survey - deep in the countryside - a working estate. |
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| Fountainhall - being devoured by the Victorian terrace of Blenheim Place which is orientated on a different line and butts rudely into the NW corner of the house, the majority of which has been demolished. |
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| Rosebank House - above the Ferryhill Mill, just off the Hardgate. Depicted in the 1867 Ordnance Survey with stately drive and formal gardens. |
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| Rosebank House today. Split into flats and incorporated into a row of tenements |
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| Granton Lodge - Off Cuparston Place (today's Great Western Road) Depicted in the 1867 Ordnance Survey with large forecourt and extensive grounds. |
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| Granton Lodge today. Brutally hemmed in by tenements on Great Western Place, side-on and off-line to street. Frontage completely obscured. |
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