Basic Site Details Name: | Falkirk Royal Infirmary | Town, district or village: | Falkirk | City or county: | Stirlingshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Delisted | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost: c.£120,000.
Keppie, Henderson & Partner's 1963-6 experimental ward unit and operating block consisted of 3 stories and a basement the upper floors arranged in a 'racetrack' layout. The ground floor contained 4 operating theatres. (Glendinning, 1997, p155)
These two parts were demolished and removed from list May 2015:
Royal Scottish National Hospital, Skye Building (48082) (Cat B) Royal Scottish National Hospital, Principal Block (Private House) with Boundary Walls and Gatepiers (10481) (Cat A)
| Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary | Yes | |
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 | | Majors Loan | Yes | | | Westburn Avenue | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1926 | 1932 | | | | January 1932 | | Opened | | | 1963 | 1966 | Build/construction | Experimental block (and theatre block?) | | 1973 | | Build/construction | Accident and Emergency Block and Outpatient Block | | 2015 | | Destruction/demolition | |
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 | | William John Smith Gibson | | | 1926 | 1932 | Designed with advice from Dr Mackintosh of Glasgow Western Infirmary | | Rory Wilson | | A | After 1956 | Before 1968 | New kitchen, pharmacy and stores block, and alterations to boiler house, mortuary and post-mortem accommodation | | Henry ('Harry') Wilson | | B | After 1956(?) | Before 1960(?) | New kitchen, pharmacy and stores block, and alterations to boiler house, mortuary and post-mortem accommodation - may have been done after Wilson had left practice | | Robert Mather Godfrey | | B | After 1956 | Before 1968 | New kitchen, pharmacy and stores block, and alterations to boiler house, mortuary and post-mortem accommodation | | Robert Wilson | | B | After 1956(?) | Before 1965 | New kitchen, pharmacy and stores block, and alterations to boiler house, mortuary and post-mortem accommodation - may have been done after Wilson left practice | | Wilson & Wilson | | B | After 1956 | Before 1968 | New kitchen, pharmacy and stores block, and alterations to boiler house, mortuary and post-mortem accommodation | | Alexander Smellie | | A | 1963 | 1966 | Experimental block (and theatre block?) | | Geoffrey George Wimpenny | | A | 1963 | 1966 | Experimental block (and theatre block?) | | Keppie Henderson & Partners | | A | 1963 | 1966 | Experimental block (and theatre block?) | | Richard Rudolphe Chitham De'Ath | | A | 1963 | 1966 | Experimental block (and theatre block?) | | Thomas Russell Scott | | A | 1963 | 1966 | Experimental block (and theatre block?) | | Scottish Home and Health Department | | G | 1963 | 1966 | | | David Duncan | | A | 1966 | | Experimental block (and theatre block?) | | Robert Mather Godfrey | | C | Before 1968 | 1973 | Accident and Emergency Block, Outpatient Block and X-ray & Records Department | | Rory Wilson | | C | Before 1968 | 1973 | Accident and Emergency Block, Outpatient Block and X-ray & Records Department | | Thomas Ronald Wilson | | C | Before 1968 | 1973 | Accident and Emergency Block, Outpatient Block and X-ray & Records Department | | Wilson & Wilson | | C | Before 1968 | 1973 | Accident and Emergency Block, Outpatient Block and X-ray & Records Department |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Scottish Home & Health Department | Client for Experimental blocks | | Western General Health Board | 1963-6 Unit |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gifford, John and Walker, Frank Arneil | 2002 | Stirling and Central Scotland (The Buildings of Scotland) | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p497 | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p576 | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p28 | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p28, p155 Keppie, Henderson & Partners | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Glasgow Herald | December 1930 | | | | | Glasgow Herald | 19 January 1932 | | | p11 | | RIAS Quarterly | 2011 | Winter | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) | p.95: obituary of David Duncan |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | North Highland Archives | Sinclair MacDonald Collection | | SM 1910/40/1 |
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