The granite on Aberdeen’s A-listed music hall could shine again- following a massive multi-million-pound renovation of the historic venue.
A £9million, two-year revamp was completed last December bringing the nearly-200-year-old venue, which now features two new studios, a café bar and restaurant.
Now a planning application has been submitted by Aberdeen Performing Arts to deep clean the granite facades.
Council headquarters Marischal College, which is also A-listed, was brought back to its former glory with a deep clean and there are plans on the table for a similar project at the adjoining Greyfriars kirk.
Documents submitted along with the application say this could now happen for the Music Hall.
They read: “Occupying a prominent location on the Aberdeen’s principal thoroughfare, Union Street, The Music Hall originally opened in 1822 as the County Assembly Rooms to the competition-wining designs of eminent local architect, Archibald Simpson.
“Under the auspices of its current operators, Aberdeen Performing Arts (APA), the Music Hall recently underwent a multi-million pound comprehensive internal refurbishment & reconfiguration programme, reopening to much acclaim in November 2018…
“To compliment these works, APA now seeks to enhance the external presentation of the building through a considered programme of delicate surface cleaning of the stonework to remove the accumulated, patchy soiling and staining to present a unified appearance and reflect the transformational works recently completed within.”
Council planning bosses will now scrutinise the application.