Basic Site Details Name: | Old House of Glack and New House of Glack | City or county: | Aberdeenshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Aberdeen Lunatic Asylum Annexe | Yes | | | Daviot Asylum | | After conversion of Old and New Houses of Glack in 1889 | | House of Daviot | | | | Royal Cornhill Hospital Annexe | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Country House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1723 | | | Old House of Glack built | | Before 1868 | | | Unspecified work | | 1875 or 1876 | | | New House of Glack built | | 1889 | | | Conversion of Old and New Houses of Glack into Daviot Asylum | | 1899 | | | Restoration of asylum | | 1934 | | Build/construction | Rear two-storey wing of Old House of Glack added | | 1935 | | | Addition of butterfly-plan male hospital block, hall chapel and occupational therapy; conversion of steading | | c. 2000 | | Restoration | Restoration of Old House of Glack as dwelling house |
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 | | Mackenzie & Matthews | | A? | Before 1854(?) | | Unspecified work by James Matthews - unclear whether in partnership with William Lawrie or with Alexander Marshall Mackenzie | | James Matthews | | A | Before 1868 | | Unspecified work | | Matthews & Lawrie | | A? | Before 1868(?) | | Unspecified work by James Matthews - unclear whether in partnership with William Lawrie or with Alexander Marshall Mackenzie | | James Matthews | | B | 1875 | | New House of Glack | | Alexander Marshall Mackenzie | | C | 1889 | | Conversion of Old and New Houses of Glack into Daviot Asylum | | James Matthews | | C | 1889 | | Conversion of Old and New Houses of Glack into Daviot Asylum. Old House became nurses' home. | | Matthews & Mackenzie | | C | 1889 | | Conversion of Old and New Houses of Glack into Daviot Asylum. Old House became nurses' home. | | Alexander Marshall Mackenzie | | D | 1899 | | Restoration | | George Angus Mitchell | | D | 1934 | c. 1935 | Addition of rear two-storey wing of Old House of Glack, male hospital, hall chapel and occupational therapy; conversion of steading | | George Bennett Mitchell | | D | 1934 | c. 1935 | Addition of rear two-storey wing of Old House of Glack, male hospital, hall chapel and occupational therapy; conversion of steading | | George Bennett Mitchell & Son | | D | 1934 | c. 1935 | Addition of rear two-storey wing of Old House of Glack, male hospital, hall chapel and occupational therapy; conversion of steading | | Leslie F Hunter | | E | c. 2000 | | Restoration of Old House of Glack as dwelling house |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Mackenzie, J, of Glack | Original client for New House |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Architects Engineers and Building Trades Directory | 1868 | Architect's, Engineer's and Building Trades' Directory | | London, Wyman | Entry for James Matthews | | 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 277-8; vol 3, pp 27-9 | | Lippe, William | 1979 | The Scottish baronial house in Aberdeenshire of the Mackenzies and James Matthews | | The Robert Gordon University post graduate dissertation | | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as House of Daviot | | Shepherd, Ian | 1994 | Gordon: an illustrated architectural guide | | | p108 | | Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray | | Yale University Press | pp151-152 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2790 | Old House of Glack | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2792 | New House of Glack also later part of asylum | | Viewfield House, Old Perth Rd, Inverness (1990) | A Marshall Mackenzie & Marr Office List (held by John G Marr in 1960) | | |
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