Aberdeen City HER - NJ90NW0043 - 4-6 TRINITY STREET, ABERDEEN

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Primary ReferenceNJ90NW0043
Name4-6 TRINITY STREET, ABERDEEN
NRHE Card No.NJ90NW31
NRHE Numlink 20152
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Building remains of medieval date, possibly associated with a medieval Royal palace, comprising building foundations and parts of walls. William the Lion (1165-1214) had a palace in Aberdeen which he is said to have bestowed on the Trinitarian Friars. The location of the royal palace (and royal residence) of King William has not been proven, but suggested that it was near the site of Nos. 4 and 6 Trinity Street (RCAHMS), currently the Lorne Bar. It has been claimed that King William built his residence sometime in 1181 but has not been proven. In 1211, King William was said to have gifted his royal residence to the Trinitarians in order to establish a friary at that place (see NJ90NW0052). In the twelfth century, there was no difference between the royal residence and the palace of the king; the building would have been the place that King William would have stayed in while he was in Aberdeen. When the buildings of the Trade Hospital were taken down in 1857 to make way for the extension of the Aberdeen railway, it was observed that below the lowest part of the excavated building were the remains of an older building. There were oaken beams that were thought at that time to have supported rafters of the older structure, possibly the royal palace. There are medieval remains of a building in the basement of Nos. 4 and 6 Trinity Street. There are sandstone walls with windows of dressed ashlar, now whitewashed. However, these remains may be of the friary and not of the palace.
Last Update14/05/2020
Updated Bycpalmer
CompilerACU
Date of Compilation13/09/2017

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
PALACES REMAINS OFA70
FRIARIES REMAINS OFB60
WALLSSANDSTONE C100
DRESSINGSASHLARWINDOWD100