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Wallace Tower
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This image was digitised from <i>Artistic Aberdeen: A Sketch Book</i> (1932) by W. S. Percy. The book describes the scene as follows: "Wallace Tower, an interesting and, by name, misleading corner in the Netherkirkgate. The building and the name are now given over to a public-house. The figure inset into the tower has nothing to do with William Wallace, who is commemorated in the city by a gigantic statue in front of His Majesty's Theatre. At one point this tower was known as Benholm's Tower, and the figure of a soldier with sword is thought to have been set up in the middle of the eighteenth century by John Niven, a tobacco and snuff manufacturer. On the left is Carnegie's Brae, leading to the East Green, the old main entrance to Aberdeen from the south."
This image was digitised from
Artistic Aberdeen: A Sketch Book
(1932) by W. S. Percy.
The book describes the scene as follows:
"Wallace Tower, an interesting and, by name, misleading corner in the Netherkirkgate. The building and the name are now given over to a public-house. The figure inset into the tower has nothing to do with William Wallace, who is commemorated in the city by a gigantic statue in front of His Majesty's Theatre. At one point this tower was known as Benholm's Tower, and the figure of a soldier with sword is thought to have been set up in the middle of the eighteenth century by John Niven, a tobacco and snuff manufacturer. On the left is Carnegie's Brae, leading to the East Green, the old main entrance to Aberdeen from the south."
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AW01_18
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W. S. Percy
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Aberdeen Local Studies
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