Gardens · Scottish Highlands
Woodhill House
Woodhill House — a garden in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.
Bill Harrison — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Woodhill House is a garden of interest in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Woodhill House is a large office development on Westburn Road in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was built as the headquarters of Grampian Regional Council in 1977 and then became the offices and meeting place of Aberdeenshire Council in 1996.
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Background
History
The area was previously occupied by a county mansion, also known as Woodhill House, which dated from the 18th century and became the home of an advocate, Alexander Jopp, in the 19th century. Aberdeenshire County Council acquired the old house and its estate as a potential site for new offices in 1967. The current building was commissioned by Grampian Regional Council, which was established in 1975, to be its headquarters. It was designed in the Brutalist style, built in concrete and glass and was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in May 1977. The design involved two four-storey wings, one to the north of the other, with the north wing projected slightly to the west of the south wing.…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 57.1533, -2.1461
- Address
- Westburn Road, Aberdeen
- Established
- 1977
Sources
- wikidata: Q98930557 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Woodhill House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Woodhill House?
- Woodhill House is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 57.1533°, -2.1461°.
- When was Woodhill House built?
- Woodhill House dates to 1977.