Larger versions of these images are located at the foot of the page. Basic Site Details Name: | Western Infirmary | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Although B Listed it is partly demolished. Information about boiler house from 'Buildings of Scotland' notes per John Gifford.
Outpatients and dispensary are at 62 Chruch Street and 10C Dumbarton Road (including chapel) | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Hospital | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | Byres Road | | |  | Church Street | Yes | |  | Dumbarton Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1864 | | | Design made |  | 1870 | | Design exhibited | Original part under title 'Hospital at Gilmorehill' |  | 1871 | 1874 | Construction | |  | 1875 | | Design exhibited | Central Pavilion |  | 1900 | | | Plans dated - detail of ventilator of milk house in new kitchen and offices |  | 1902 | 1905 | | Dispensary |  | 1910 | 1912 | | Clinical laboratory. Also 1914 |  | 1911 | 1912 | | New dietetic kitchen |  | 1920 | 1921 | | Massage building, x-ray department |  | 1922 | 1923 | | Nurses' home extension, nurses' lecture theatre |  | 1935 | 1936 | | Boiler house, septic block and ENT department (plans in hand in 1935) |  | 1937 | | | New radiology department |  | 1948 | | | Alterations |  | 5 May 1961 | | Proposed | ₤5m re-building programme including an 18-storey tower to accommodate 580 patients to start in 1963; includes demolition in the Church Street/Byres Road area per Builder p878 |
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 |  | John Burnet (senior) | Architect | A | 1864 | 1874 | |  | George Burnet | Architect | A | 1875 | | Exhibited design for the central pavilion - as assistant to John Burnet Senior |  | (Sir) John James Burnet | Architect | B | After 1889 | Before 1897 | Additions including nurses' pavilion, steam laundry, pathological institute and operating theatre |  | Burnet Son & Campbell | Architectural practice | B | After 1889 | Before 1897 | Additions including nurses' pavilion, steam laundry, pathological institute and operating theatre |  | James Cumming Wynnes | Architect | B | After 1889 | Before 1899 | As draughtsman and chief of branch office with Burnet- additions including nurses' pavilion, steam laundry, pathological institute and operating theatre |  | John Arthur | Architect | B | After 1889 | Before 1897 | Nurses' pavilion, steam laundry, pathological institute and operating theatre - as assistant to Burnet Son & Campbell |  | Stewart McLauchlan | Architect | C | After 1896 | Before 1902 | Additions - as apprentice to John Burnet & Son |  | (Sir) John James Burnet | Architect | I | 1897 | | Plans dated - detail of ventilator of milk house in new kitchen and offices |  | Bridgeford MacDougall Pirie | Architect | I | 1897 | | Plans dated - detail of ventilator of milk house in new kitchen and offices - as assistant with John Burnet & Son |  | John Burnet & Son | Architectural practice | I | 1897 | | Plans dated - detail of ventilator of milk house in new kitchen and offices |  | James Wilkie Weddell | Architect | D | After 1899 | Before 1911 | Extensions, kitchen, wards and nurses' home - as apprentice/senior assistant to Burnet |  | James Austen Laird | Architect | C | 1901 | 1901 | As assistant to Burnet - extensions, possibly including nurses' pavilion, steam laundry, pathological institute, operating theatre and/or dispensary |  | (Sir) John James Burnet | Architect | C | 1902 | 1905 | Dispensary |  | John Burnet & Son | Architectural practice | C | 1902 | 1905 | Dispensary and outpatients department (HS List dates this as c1913) |  | William Ferguson (junior) (or William Moncrieff Ferguson, or Willie Ferguson) | Architect | C | 1902(?) | 1905(?) | Dispensary - probably involved, as assistant to John James Burnet |  | (Sir) John James Burnet | Architect | D | 1910 | 1912 | Clinical laboratory. Also work on this 1914 |  | John Burnet & Son | Architectural practice | D | 1910 | 1912 | Clinical laboratory. Also work on this 1914 |  | Norman Aitken Dick | Architect | D | 1910 | 1912 | Clinical laboratory. Also work on this 1914 |  | William Ferguson (junior) (or William Moncrieff Ferguson, or Willie Ferguson) | Architect | D | 1910 | 1911 | Clinical laboratory - possibly involved, as assistant to John James Burnet |  | (Sir) John James Burnet | Architect | E | 1911 | 1912 | New dietetic kitchen |  | John Burnet & Son | Architectural practice | E | 1911 | 1912 | New diatetic kitchen |  | Norman Aitken Dick | Architect | E | 1911 | 1912 | New dietetic kitchen |  | (Sir) John James Burnet | Architect | F | 1920 | 1921 | Massage building, x-ray department |  | John Burnet, Son & Partners | Architectural practice | F | 1920 | 1921 | Massage building, x-ray department |  | Norman Aitken Dick | Architect | F | 1920 | 1921 | Massage building, x-ray department |  | Thomas Harold Hughes | Architect | F | 1920 | 1921 | Massage building, x-ray department |  | (Sir) John James Burnet | Architect | G | 1922 | 1923 | Nurses' home extension and nurses' lecture theatre |  | Burnet, Son & Dick | Architectural practice | G | 1922 | 1923 | Nurses' home extension and nurses' lecture theatre |  | Norman Aitken Dick | Architect | G | 1922 | 1923 | Nurses' home extension and nurses' lecture theatre |  | (Sir) John James Burnet | Architect | P | 1931 | | Kelvin block, alterations and additions |  | Burnet, Son & Dick | Architectural practice | P | 1931 | | Kelvin block, alterations and additions |  | Norman Aitken Dick | Architect | P | 1931 | | Kelvin block, alterations and additions |  | Norman Aitken Dick | Architect | H | 1935 | 1936 | Boiler house, septic block and ENT department |  | Burnet, Son & Dick | Architectural practice | H | 1936 | | Boiler house, septic block and ENT department |  | Burnet, Son & Dick | Architectural practice | J | 1937 | | New radiology department |  | Norman Aitken Dick | Architect | J | 1937 | | New radiology department |  | Robert Love | Architect | | 1948 | | Alterations |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Glasgow Contemporaries | 1901 | Glasgow Contemporaries at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century | | | |  | Glasgow Corporation | 1936 | The Book of Lennox Castle | | Glasgow, c1936 | 361 (Boiler Hiouse) |  | Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1870 | | | | 705 |  | Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1875 | | | | 621 |  | MacQueen, L & Archibald, A B | 1974 | The Western Infirmary, 1874-1974 : a century of service to Glasgow | | John Horn | |  | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architect and Building News | 1931 | Jan-Jun | | p224 |  | Architect and Building News | 1933 | Jul-Dec | | p343 |  | Architect and Building News | 1937 | Jul-Dec | | p158 |  | Architects Journal | 27 June 1923 | | | For laundry extension, clinical laboratory & for diatetic kitchen |  | Builder | 28 May 1935 | CXLVIII | | Boiler house, septic block and ENT department |  | Builder | 4 June 1948 | | | p688 - proposed alterations |  | Builder | 25 June 1948 | | | p773 - proposed alterations |  | Builder | 5 May 1961 | | | p878 |  | Builders Journal | 25 January 1905 | 23 | | p48 |  | Builders Journal | 20 December 1905 | | | p348 |  | Building News | 30 October 1874 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Greater Glasgow Health Board Archives | Greater Glasgow Health Board Archives | | Plans |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32857 | Dispensary and outpatients department |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | J B Pirie Collection | | Red box no 135 (probably also 155) - Pirie as assistant to Burnet working on details |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Norman Aitken Dick: F no2686 (box 10); John Arthur: L v16 no1100; William Moncrieff Ferguson Junior: L v24 no1914 ('Western Infirmary extensions'); Stewart McLauchlan: L v7 no418 (microfilm reel 31); James Wilkie Weddell: L v21 no1667; James Cumming Wynnes: L v9 no516 (microfilm reel 32) |
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