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| Benholm's Lodgings | |
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| Alternative names | Benholm's Lodging, Benholm's Lodge, Benholm's Tower, Keith's Lodgings, Wallace Tower |
| General information | |
| Type | tower house |
| Architectural style | Scots baronial |
| Location | Seaton Park |
| Address | Tillydrone Road |
| Town or city | Aberdeen |
| Country | Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°10′16″N 2°06′30″W / 57.1711°N 2.10829°W |
| Client | Sir Robert Keith of Benholm |
| Owner | Aberdeen City Council |
Benholm’s /ˈbɛ.nəmz/ Lodging(s), Lodge or Tower, also known as Keith’s Lodging(s) or the Wallace Tower or Neuk, is a reconstructed early 17th century category B-listed Z-plan tower house latterly situated in Tillydrone, Aberdeen, Scotland. Originally built at the fork of the streets of Netherkirkgate and Putachieside, just beyond the fortified limits of New Aberdeen, it first stood as the semi-fortified town residence of Sir Robert Keith of Benholm, the turbulent brother of George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal. Since then, the building has seen much use as private and commercial quarters, and is recalled in living memory as a public house called the Wallace Tower. In 1964, in a move widely decried by Aberdonians and antiquarians both, the building was dismantled to make way for an expansion of a local branch of Marks & Spencer, and a replica incorporating some of its original stonework was constructed 2.7 km away in the city’s Seaton Park, on a site overlooking the River Don and the western end of the old Tillydrone Road. It has since been used as council housing, but currently lies vacant.