Developers have revealed plans to breathe new life into a fondly remembered Aberdeen music shop which has fallen into disrepair.
Music fans from across the north-east flocked to the city centre’s Bruce Millers store from the 1980s until it closed in 2011.
The C-listed building, which was built in 1820, has lain vacant since the shop shut and has fallen victim to the elements in those seven years.
Owners OCM Luxembourg, a hotel company with properties across Europe, have now applied for permission to restore the three-storey 363 Union Street site so that it could “accommodate a variety of different potential future uses”.
The firm suggests that, once the proposed renovation is complete, the building could be put to use as flats or offices, or revived as a shop.
An application submitted by Aberdeen-based Aurora Planning explains that the firm wants to “upgrade” the building to make it more sympathetic with those surrounding it.
Papers tendered to Aberdeen City Council state: “Key features of the historic property will be retained and enhanced as part of all works as practicably possible.
“The frontage of the building has been altered to create a modern shop front, and this application seeks to reinstate a more sympathetic ground floor front entrance in its place.
“It is anticipated that, by restoring the building, a suitable alternative use can be identified which will bring it back into productive use, ensuring its long-term sustainability.”
Modern extensions to the rear of the building, which were used as a warehouse and tuition area, will be demolished as part of the scheme.
But planners say that its well-known clock, which is designed to look like a drum, will be retained and restored as “an object of local interest” which “adds visual interest to the street scene”.
The Bruce Millers shop on Union Street had a legacy stretching back more than 100 years, to when Charles Bruce Miller opened his first store on George Street.