Old comb works may get facelift A facelift for the former Aberdeen comb works in Hutcheon Street was outlined today to the city planning committee by applicants proposing complete restoration work similar to that carried out at London's Covent Garden. Once completed the refurbished property at 34-40 Hutcheon Street, covering 1.2 acres, would be known [...]
These are insurance and endownment documents from the 1850's, during the time of Messrs Stewart, Rowell Stewart & Co. The first document details buildings and contents insurance for the Hutcheon Street premises and totals £12,325, which (due to inflation) equates to approximately £1.3 million as at March 2024.
These documents dated 20th August 1855 show the valuation by an Assessor of the Burgh of Aberdeen Land and Heritages Valuation Office for a house at 85 Causewayend in Aberdeen and the works at Hutcheon Street in Aberdeen. A hand-written note details the original Hutcheon Street square and separately the 'square as now built" with [...]
THE ABERDEEN COMB TRADE PROPOSED AMALGAMATION OF COMPANIES. It is reported that negotiations are in progress for the amalgamation of the two comb manufacturing companies in Aberdeen - The Aberdeen Combworks Company, Limited, whose works are in Hutcheon Street, and Scottish Comb Company, Limited, which was formed about three years ago, and has been carrying [...]