Basic Site Details Name: | Bangour Village Asylum | Town, district or village: | Uphall | City or county: | West Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Competition assessed by W W Robertson of the Office of Works.
Cost of Blanc's final scheme: £267,000.
Drawings for Bangour by Thomson & Sandilands seen by A G Lochhead, 1960, at Thomson McCrea & Sanders. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Bangour Military Hospital | | | | Bangour Village Hospital | Yes | | | Edinburgh District Asylum | | Alternative original name |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Psychiatric hospital | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1898 | 1906 | Construction | | | 1898 | | Competition held | | | 1899 | | | Won competition for design of administration block | | 1901 | | Design exhibited | | | 1904 | | Contract offered | Kitchens | | 1915 | | | Operating theatres for Military Hospital | | 1934 | | | Extension | | 1969 | 1972 | Alteration/conversion | Improvements including kitchen and ward upgrade |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe 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 | | Charles Henry Greig | | E | 1897 | | Competition design for asylum, entered jointly with his employer, John Eaglesham - not successful, though was awarded a premium | | John Eaglesham | | E | 1897 | 1898 | Competition design for asylum, entered jointly with his assistant, Charles Henry Greig - not successful, though was awarded a premium | | Alan Keith Robertson | | A | 1898 | 1906(?) | Asylum - as assistant to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | A | 1898 | 1906 | Won competition and secured job - for Asylum. Kitchens 1904. | | Hugh Dykes Simpson | | A | 1898 | 1899 | Asylum - as assistant to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | James Davidson Cairns | | A | 1898 | 1906 | Asylum - as assistant to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | David McArthy | | C | 1898 | | Won competition for design of administration block - and awarded first premium, but not the job | | John Watson | | C | 1898 | | Won competition for design of administration block - and awarded first premium, but not the job | | McArthy & Watson | | C | 1898 | | Won competition for design of administration block - and awarded first premium, but not the job | | John Thomson | | D | 1898 | | Competition design for asylum - not successful, though was awarded a premium | | Robert Douglas Sandilands | | D | 1898 | | Competition design for asylum - not successful, though was awarded a premium | | Thomson & Sandilands | | D | 1898 | | Competition design for asylum - not successful, though was awarded a premium | | Alfred Lightly MacGibbon | | F | 1898 | | Competition design for asylum - not successful, though was awarded a premium | | MacGibbon & Ross | | F | 1898 | | Competition design for asylum - not successful, though was awarded a premium | | Thomas Ross | | F | 1898 | | Competition design for asylum - not successful, though was awarded a premium | | James Christie | | A | 1899 | 1900 | Asylum - as assistant to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | John Manuel (junior) | | A | 1899 | 1904 | Asylum - as assistant to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | Douglas Pairman Hall | | A | 1903 | 1906 | Asylum - as assistant to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | James Alexander Arnott | | A | 1904(?) | 1906(?) | Asylum - as assistant to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | James Jerdan & Son | | B | 1915 | | Operating theatres | | John Jerdan | | B | 1915 | | Operating theatres | | Ebenezer James MacRae | | | 1934 | | Extension | | James P Hopton | | S | 1969 | 1972 | Improvements including kitchen and ward upgrade | | John Malcolm McIntosh (Mackintosh) | | S | 1969 | 1972 | Improvements including kitchen and ward upgrade | | Robert Yule Fergus | | S | 1969 | 1972 | Improvements including kitchen and ward upgrade | | Scott & McIntosh | | S | 1969 | 1976 | Improvements including kitchen and ward upgrade | | Walter Scott | | S | 1969 | 1972 | Improvements including kitchen and ward upgrade |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Edinburgh Lunacy Board | |
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 | | Bangour General Hospital, Burns Unit | Cost of addition and alterations £52,000 | | Bangour Hospital, occupational therapy unit | | | Bangour Village Church | | | Bangour Village Hospital, dormitory block (Villa 10) | | | Bangour Village Hospital, dormitory block (Villa 18) | | | Bangour Village Hospital, dormitory block (Villa 19) | | | Bangour Village Hospital, dormitory block (Villa 20) | | | Bangour Village Hospital, dormitory block (Villa 21) | | | Bangour Village Hospital, dormitory block (Villa 7) | | | Bangour Village Hospital, dormitory block (Villa 8) | | | Bangour Village Hospital, dormitory block (Villa 9) | | | Bangour Village Hospital, Honeysuckle Cottage | | | Bangour Village Hospital, hospital block with wards 3, 4 and 5 | | | Bangour Village Hospital, Nurses' Home | | | Bangour Village Hospital, power station complex | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1899 | | part 1 | | p85 (McArthy & Watson Ist premiated design) | | Academy Architecture | 1906 | | Part 2 | | p62 | | 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 272, 292-3, 294-5, 296-9 vol 3, pp 58-61 | | Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | | London: Mansell Publishing | | | Hendrie, F and Macleod, D A D | 1991 | The Bangour Story | | | | | J K and A M | 1916 | Edinburgh War Memorial Hospital, Bangour | | Edinburgh Medical Journal, March 1916, pp3-17 | | | Keay, J | 1911 | Bangour Village | | Journal of Mental Science, April 1911, 57, pp408-411 | | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p90 | | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | | | RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | | | | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Bangour Village Hospital | | RSA | 1899 | | | | 668 (McArthy & Watson) | | RSA | 1901 | | | | 618 (Blanc) | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | Gives McArthy & Watson's placing as second; states that Charles Henry Greig submitted design in partnership with John Eaglesham |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 1934 | Jul-Dec | | p254 | | British Architect | 18 January 1901 | | | p41. Cost reduction on the doctor's house required by Commissioners of Lunacy | | British Architect | 17 June 1904 | | | pviii | | Builder | 13 August 1898 | LXXV | | p124 | | Edinburgh Medical Journal | March 1916 | | | | | Lancet | 13 October 1906 | | | p1031 | | RIBA Journal | 10 November 1906 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA Journal | 21 March 1908 | Vol XV, no 10 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | pp309-26: 'Bangour Village Asylum', article by H J Blanc |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 6588 | This covers the former administration block and wards 1 & 2 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Alexander Arnott: L v3 no172 (microfilm reel 30); James Davidson Cairns: L v16 no1166; James Christie: L v16 no1180; Douglas Pairman Hall: L v18 no1312; John Manuel: L v25 no2022; Hugh Dykes Simpson: L v20 no1587 | | Shona Adam, Granddaughter of John Jerdan | James Jerdan & Son Office Ledger | | | | West Lothian Council | West Lothian Archives | D 14 | Photograph from about 1906. |
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