
What is recorded here
Aberdeen, 60-1 Castle Street, the Bursar's Hotel is a 17th Century house that became a 19th Century hotel. Rooms may have held travellers, merchants or servants before public corridors took over the older layout. The building still belongs to the city even when its doors stay closed to strangers.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Aberdeen, 60-1 Castle Street, the Bursar's Hotel as Hotel (19th Century) - (20th Century), House (17th Century) - (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The Bursar's Hotel in Aberdeen was originally a 17th-century townhouse, later converted into a hotel in the 19th century. It is historically significant as an example of urban development and architectural adaptation in Aberdeen's Castle Street area.
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Photo: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0