Basic Site Details Name: | Quarrier's Homes, Consumptive Hospital | Town, district or village: | Bridge of Weir | City or county: | Renfrewshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost: £11,000 (unclear whether this is third block alone, or entire project). | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Bridge of Weir Hospital | Yes | | | Bridge of Weir Sanatorium | | | | Orphan Homes of Scotland, Consumptive Hospital | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 5 September 1894 | | | Foundation stone of first block | | 3 September 1896 | | Opened | First block | | 1898 | 1900 | Construction | Second block | | 1906 | 1908(?) | | Third block |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Quarrier, William | |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsParent Structure and SiteThis structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | | Building name | Notes | | Quarrier's Homes | On site of Nittingshill Farm, bought in auction for £3560 on 26 April 1876 by William Quarrier for foundation of children's homes. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1895 | | | | p83 | | Gammie, Alexander | 1937 | A Romance of Faith | | Pickering & Inglis | | | Magnusson, Anna | 1984 | The Village | | Quarriers Homes | | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Bridge of Weir Hospital | | Ross, James | 1971 | The Power I Pledge | | Glasgow University Press | | | Urquhart, John | 1901 | The Life Story of William Quarrier | | R L Allan & Son | | | Walker, Frank Arneil | 1986 | South Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew | | | p88 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Lancet | 6 October 1906 | | | p961 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | DMW Archive | William Quarrier biography (www.quarrierscanadianfamily.com/wmbiog.html) | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 13232 | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 13231 | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 13230 | Lodge to hospital | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Andrew Francis Stewart Bryden: L v16 no1152; Robert Whitelaw Caldwell: L v23 no1873; George Donaldson Copland: L v16 no 1194; John Bothwell Steel: L v5 no319 (microfilm reel 30) |
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