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Crossover Road, INVERURIE, AB51 4SA

Early 20th century, built as part of the new works of the Great North of Scotland Railway. Designed by William Pickersgill, Listed Category B.

The Great North of Scotland Railway moved its railway works from a cramped site at Kittybrewster, Aberdeen, to Inverurie, creating a modern facility which opened in 1900. This is one of the few remaining buildings, which had become partly ruined but is currently under renovation for residential use. It is Listed Category B.

Detail showing the cast iron valance to the porch canopy. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7183972 for location

A very typical Scottish 4-dwelling block (2-up, 2-down), built in local granite and sandstone. The original open outside staircase to the upper flat has been enclosed in recent years. The porch includes some fine decorative cast iron https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7183973

Derelict for 40 years since the works closed in 1969, now being restored. B-listed: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-49302-former-manager-s-drawing-office-former-gr

This cylinder was part of one of the paper machines in Thomas Tait's paper mills, once an important employer in Inverurie. It has a mass of 30 tonnes, and is made of polished granite. An information board says that the granite was sourced in Finland because it has a higher silica content than the local granites. This makes sense because the other common minerals in granite, such as mica and feldspar, are less resistant to erosion than quartz, which is almost pure silica. These minerals would wear out of the surface and create pocks and thus unevenness on the surface of the roller.

One of the few surviving buildings, in poor condition but currently undergoing renovation as residential. Listed Category B.

These, with the carriage shed, are the only surviving buildings of the locomotive works. Like the carriage shed they are being renovated and converted to housing.

The Garioch (pronounced Geary) is the name of the area immediately surrounding Inverurie. The centre has been created within the southern part of the former Great North of Scotland Railway's carriage repair shops. It has well devised and informative displays covering the social, economic and industrial development of the area. The building with its distinctive granite masonry is Listed Category B.