Basic Site Details

Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
	Name	Current name?	Notes
	Dundee District Asylum, Gowrie House
	Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Gowrie House	Yes

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	House

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	Gowrie House, West Green	Yes

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1898	1901	Construction
	1898		Plans drawn up
	November 1951		Alteration/conversion	Part of a five year building programme by the Eastern regional Hospital of Scotland. Proposed venting alterations at estimated costs of £12,000, and an isolation for TB patients for £18,000

People

Design and Construction

The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column.
	Name	Role	Partnership Group	From	To	Notes
	Thomas Saunders Robertson			1898	1901
	Eastern Regional Hospital Board			1951

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Child Structures

This structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details):
	Building Name	Notes
	Occupational Therapeutic Block, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital	£93,000

Parent Structure and Site

This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details):
	Building name	Notes
	Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum	See separate entry for original Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum at Stobswell, which was superseded by this building. (Patients were transferred in 1882.) Cost: £60,000. Greystanes House and Gowrie House are B Listed but Liff House, unit offices and lodge are C Listed. Private asylum is a separate Scottish Baronial building.

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Darragh, Alison	2011	Prison or Palace? Heaven or Hell? An architectural and social study of the development of public lunatic asylums in Scot		Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews	vol 2, pp 274-8 vol 3, pp 56-7
	Gifford, John	2012	The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee		Yale	p597
	Richardson, Harriet	N.D.	Scottish Hospitals Survey		Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive)	Listed under Royal Dundee Liff Hospital

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	2 November 1951			p605