Basic Site Details

Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
	Name	Current name?	Notes
	Inverness Infirmary	Yes

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Hospital

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	Ness Walk	Yes

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1799	1804	Construction
	16 April 1845		Journal reference	Porter's Lodge (for previous building?)
	1854	1855		Porter's Lodge
	1864	1866		Additions and alterations
	1871	1873	Construction	Fever wards
	After 1887	Before 1911		Reconstruction
	20 April 1894		Journal reference	Additions and alterations
	7 July 1896		Journal reference	Alterations and operating room
	29 July 1908		Journal reference	Wards
	1928	1936		Alterations to original 1799-1804 main building and new ward blocks

People

Design and Construction

The 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
	Alexander Laing		S	1799	1804
	James Ross		A	1845		Porter's lodge (for previous building?)
	James Matthews		B	1854	1855	Porter's Lodge (and other work?)
	Mackenzie & Matthews		B	1854		Porter's Lodge (and other work?)
	Thomas Mackenzie		B	1854		Porter's Lodge (and other work?)
	James Matthews		C	1864	1866	Additions and alterations.
	Matthews & Lawrie		C	1864	1866	Additions and alterations
	William Lawrie		C	1864	1866	Additions and alterations
	Alexander Ross		D	1871	1873	Fever wards
	John Hinton Gall		E	After 1887	Before 1911	Reconstruction
	Alexander Ross		F	1894		Additions and alterations
	Robert John Macbeth		F	1894		Additions and alterations
	Ross & Macbeth		F	1894		Additions and alterations
	Alexander Ross		G	1896		Alterations and operating room
	Robert John Macbeth		G	1896		Alterations and operating room
	Ross & Macbeth		G	1896		Alterations and operating room
	Alexander Ross		H	1908		Wards
	Alexander Ross & Son		H	1908		Wards
	John Alistair Ross		H	1908		Wards
	William Wardlaw Sclanders		H	1908		Wards - as assistant to Alexander Ross
	(Sir) John James Burnet		I	1928	1936	Alterations to original 1799-1804 main building and new ward blocks
	Burnet, Son & Dick		I	1928	1936	Alterations to original 1799-1804 main building and new ward blocks
	Norman Aitken Dick		I	1928	1936	Alterations to original 1799-1804 main building and new ward blocks

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Child Structures

This structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details):
	Building Name	Notes
	Royal Northern Infirmary, Tweedmouth Memorial Chapel	INVERNESS - The Tweedmouth Memorial Chapel, erected by the Dowager Lady Tweedmouth in the grounds of the Northern Infirmary, was opened on Saturday. Built of dressed freestone, the chapel is designed in a Late Pointed phase of Scotch Gothic. It is cruciform in design, with a steep-pitched roof covered with grey slates, and is surmounted in the centre by a fleche of oak, and slated, rising to 50 feet above the ground. The south window has three lights and tracery, and the windows in the two transept gables are triple lancets ; while a rose window, about 10ft. in diameter, gives light from the north end. The nave is 44 feet by 18 feet, whilst in either side there is a transept, separated from the main area by wrought-iron gates and curtains, for use by worshippers of the Roman and Anglican communions. The whole of the furnishings are in oak. The inside walls are of polished freestone, and the windows are all deeply moulded, the jambs and mullions being finished with shafts of grey Kilkenny marble and carved capitals. The roof is also in oak, panelled, and the arched ribs rising from the carved couples divide the interior into three bays. The floor of the chapel is laid with oak parquetry, stained and polished. A corridor. 9 feet wide, connects the church with the infirmary. Messrs. Ross and Macbeth, Inverness, were the architects [Building News 10 June 1898 p814]
	Royal Northern Infirmary, Victoria Nurses' Home

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Colvin, Howard	2008	A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840		London: YUP. 4th edition
	Gifford, John	1992	Highland and Islands (The Buildings of Scotland)		Penguin Books	p196
	MacKenzie, T C	1946	The Story of a Scottish Voluntary Hospital		Inverness
	Richardson, Harriet	N.D.	Scottish Hospitals Survey		Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive)

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Architect and Building News	1936	Jan-Jun		p291
	Inverness Advertiser	30 May 1865
	Inverness Advertiser	7 March 1871
	Inverness Courier	16 April 1845
	Inverness Courier	19 January 1854
	Inverness Courier	20 April 1894
	Inverness Courier	7 July 1896
	Inverness Courier	1 September 1896
	Northern Chronicle	29 July 1908

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Courtesy of Jim Brennan	Information sent via 'Contact Us' on website		Sent July 2010
	Highland Health Board Archives	Highland Health Board Archives	1/2/1, p12	Payment to Laing for plan in Infirmary building accounts. Also Burgh Treasurer's accounts.
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	35332
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	46408	Porter's lodge
	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	RIBA Nomination Papers		Norman Aitken Dick: F no2686 (box 10); John Hinton Gall: L v17 no1275; Robert John Macbeth: F v17 no 1115; William Wardlaw Sclanders: L v20 no1572 (particular phase of work not specified)