Former oil offices in Aberdeen’s West End are to be turned into flats.
A planning application submitted to the council details the conversion of a basement on Rubislaw Terrace into residential accommodation.
Many businesses that were once based within the West End have since moved to smaller and newer buildings within the city.
And the application cites the oil price crash of 2014 and subsequent industry downturn for this.
Thousands of workers in the north-east lost their jobs in the oil and gas sector in the months and years that followed.
Constructed between 1852 and 1854, the Grade B listed building on Rubislaw Terrace was originally intended to be a family home but over the years had been converted into office buildings.
Should the application be successful, the basement area will be turned into standalone residential accommodation in an effort to make the building more appealing to prospective buyers.
The proposal envisages creating two new rooms and leaving the living room, dining area and kitchen open plan.
Changes to the outside of the building would be kept to a minimum in order to maintain its current appearance.
Part of the application read: “The building is located within one of the first conservation areas designated in Aberdeen (Albyn Place and Rubislaw conservation area)
“The area was built to show the prosperity and wealth of the city and of those who had its commissioned buildings. It embraces the Victorian development of the city.”
