Basic Site Details Name: | City of Glasgow District Asylum for Pauper Lunatics | Town, district or village: | Gartcosh | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Information from Managers Minutes per Suzanne Mireylees.
The new Gartloch Lunatic Asylum and Hospital, which has been completed by the Glasgow and Distruct Lunacy Board, has just been opened for patients. The asylum and hospital are situated on the old Gartloch Estate, lying about seven miles east of Glasgow. The buildings consist of two parts, asylum and hospital, with workshops, laundry, electric lighting plant etc. The asylum comprises four blocks, the male and female patients’ accommodation being separate, and each block is connected to the administrative department by covered ways. In the central portion are a dining hall, kitchen, sculleries and general stores, and over the dining hall is placed a recreation hall. The official block is situated to the north, and is flanked by two toweres, each rising to a height of 130 feet. Here are the Board Room, doctor’s room, waiting rooms etc on the ground floor; and on the upper stories, sleeping accommodation for the staff. Each block is divided into two wards with dormitories above, and is equipped with boot rooms, lavatory accommodation, and large bathrooms entered from the corridors. Like the asylum, the hospital consists of two main parts, one for male and the other for female patients. These are of similar construction and arrangement, and in each are placed observation wards for newly-admitted patients, wards for physically ailing inmates, for those requiring special nursing by reason of old age and infirmity, and for those suffering from infectious diseases. It is entirely separate from the asylum and has its own kitchen, dining hall, doctor’s room, nurses apartments, etc. The asylum has accommodation for 380 patients and the hospital for about *. But meantime only part of the buildings are in occupation. Special water reservoirs have been constructed and the electric light has been installed. The architects were Messrs Thomson and Sandilands of Glasgow. The total cost of the work will, it is estimated, be about £200,000. [Builder 26 June 1897 p575] | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Gartloch Hospital | Yes | | | Gartloch Lunatic Asylum | | Alternative original title |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Hospital | | | | Asylum | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1889 | | Competition held | | | 1 November 1889 | | | Competition won | | 1891 | 1897 | Construction | Main building and wards, west lodge | | 1894 | | Construction | Doctor's house; superintendent's house and mortuary | | 1894 | 1895 | Construction | Farm steading | | 1896 | 1897 | Construction | Hospital | | 1897 | | Construction | Farm cottages | | 1898 | 1902 | Construction | Nurses' home | | 1899 | 1900 | Construction | Hall | | 1902 | | | Farm Colony Pavilion | | c. 1975 | | Alterations and additions | Upgrading and modernisation. |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | City of Glasgow Lunacy Board | | | Glasgow Parish Council | Client for Skirving work |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresThis structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details): | | Building Name | Notes | | Gartloch Hospital, new nurses' home | Situated on western edge of Gartloch Hospital site. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 258-64, 281 (cottages), 284 (farm colony), 287 (superintendent's house) vol 3, pp 79-82 (photo showing towers complete) | | Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1890 | | | | 993 | | Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | | London: Mansell Publishing | | | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Gartloch Hospital | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1897 | | | | 328 (Thomson & Sandilands) |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 16 November 1889 | LVII | | p356 | | Builder | 26 June 1897 | | | p575 - opening | | Builder | 17 September 1898 | LXXV | | p255 - nurses' home | | Building News | 15 November 1889 | | | p682 - H & D Barclay work |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Glasgow City Archives, Mitchell Library | Minutes of the Managers of Gartloch Asylum | | | | Greater Glasgow Health Board Archives | Greater Glasgow Health Board Archives | | Annual Reports HB 1/6 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33868 | Main buildings - asylum section, hospital section and nurses' home | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33869 | Superintendent's house | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33870 | Mortuary | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33871 | West Lodge | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33873 | Gartloch Cottages | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Christie: L v16 no1180; William Mitchell: L v25 no2034; Robert Douglas Sandilands: F v17 p51 no1122 (microfilm reel 12); Alexander Skirving: F v17 p53 no1123 (microfilm reel 12); John Thomson: F v17 p55 no1124 (microfilm reel 12) |
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