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Bede House, Old Aberdeen
The Bede House in Old Aberdeen, Scotland, is a 17th-century Scottish town house. It was built in 1676 as a residence for Bailie William Logan and his wife Jean Moir〔See Volume 2 of Munro, Alexander Macdonald, ed., ''Records of Old Aberdeen, 1157–1891'' (Aberdeen: New Spalding Club, 1899–1909).〕 of Stoneywood. During the late 18th century, Old Aberdeen Bedesmen moved from their original hospital beside St Machar’s Church to the former Logan house in Don Street. In the 19th century the house changed hands. It was first owned by the Burgh of Old Aberdeen, then, by the City of Aberdeen after the merger of the two burghs in 1891. The house was refurbished by the City of Aberdeen Council in 1965. It was divided into two flats or apartments. The flats are now in private ownership. Much of the 17th century building is in its original form. It is an excellent example of an L-shaped Scottish Town House, built on three floors with an attic.
== History ==
The story of a Bede House in Old Aberdeen starts in 1531 when Bishop Gavin Dunbar of St Machar Cathedral, under the instruction of James V of Scotland, had built a hospital for the elderly poor in Old Aberdeen. The church of St Machar, founded in the 5th century, was a centre of community life in the area of Aberdeen immediately to the south of the river Don in what is now Seaton Park. The Bishop, whose predecessor William Elphinstone had helped found the University of Aberdeen, was a reforming cleric who took seriously his responsibilities to his flock. Such hospitals were not uncommon in medieval times with many in Scotland and England. There was another hospital, St Peters, just outside the 16th century settlement in Aberdeen. These houses acted as refuges for elderly men.
In 1676, a Bailie of Old Aberdeen, William Logan, married Jean Moir of Stoneywood and as a senior member of the burgh they had built a town house on a plot of land on the East side of Don Street. The plot was based on an existing croft of 40 roods on the east side of Don Street leading from Old Aberdeen to the Brig O’ Balgownie. Don Street was the main artery north out of Aberdeen heading north past the St Peter’s hospital and Old Kirkyard along what is now called the Spital and past the Kings College of what is now the University of Aberdeen. Bailie Logan and his wife lived in their house until he died in 1680. Jean Moir continued to live there until her death in 1700. They are both buried in St Machar's Cathedral. By 1786, the old Bede House, adjacent to St Machar’s Church, was in disrepair and the owner of the land, James Forbes-Seaton, negotiated a move of the Bedesmen to the house in Don Street. This house, has been known since as The Bede House, Old Aberdeen. Recent developments around the property also use the name – e.g. Bede Court. Bedesmen lived in Don Street for a short period. However by the early 20th century the building needed repairs. After the union of Old Aberdeen and Aberdeen burghs in 1891, the City Council of Aberdeen used the Bede House as rented accommodation. In 1965, a complete refurbishment of the building was undertaken and two modern style flats or apartments created. The City retained its ownership until the tenants exercised their right to buy under local government legislation in the nineteen eighties. The properties remain in private ownership.
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