Basic Site Details Name: | Chalmers Hospital | Town, district or village: | Banff | City or county: | Banffshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Alexander Chalmers of Clunie left site and £70,000 for hospital.
Banff.—For one or more of the following departments of work, viz:—mason work, wrights' work, plumber work, slater work, plasterer work, required in the erection of Chalmers Hospital in Banff. Plans, etc, to 22nd April, on application to Mr. Edward Mortimer, solicitor in Banff, or at the office of Mr. W. L. Moffatt, architect, 4 Fettes-row, Edinburgh. Sealed tenders must be lodged with Mr. Mortimer by twelve noon of April 25. [Building News 5 April 1861 p297]
N.B. According to 'Buildings of Scotland' George Bennet Mitchell & Son seem to have been responsible for the whole nurses' home. | 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 | | Clunie Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1860 | 1864 | Build/construction | Contracts advertised April 1861 | | 1866 | | | Extension, including new and separate fever wards | | 1931 | | Build/construction | Nurses' home? - also glass porch at nurses home, boiler, and electric plant and other additions | | 1952 | | Addition | Maternity block | | 2008 | 2012 | Build/construction | New hospital on site of nurses' home |
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 Lambie Moffatt (originally William Lambie Moffat) | | | 1860 | 1864 | | | George Angus Mitchell | | B | 1930s | | Nurses' home? - also glass porch at nurses home, boiler, and electric plant and other additions | | George Bennett Mitchell | | B | 1930s | | Nurses' home? - also glass porch at nurses home, boiler, and electric plant and other additions | | George Bennett Mitchell & Son | | B | 1930s | | Nurses' home? - also glass porch at nurses home, boiler, and electric plant and other additions | | James Wood | | C | 1952 | | Maternity Block |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Chalmers, Alexander, Trustees of | Funded original building | | Samson, David J of Cullen | 1901 work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Banff Preservation and Heritage Society | 2012 | Banff Through Time | | Stroud: Amberley Publishing | p72,73 Early photos showing lost cupolas. | | McKean, Charles | 1990 | Banff and Buchan: an illustrated guide | | | p27 | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | | | RSA | 1864 | | | | 49 | | Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray | | Yale University Press | p63, 80, 84n |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Aberdeen Press and Journal | 8 December 1964 | | | Obituary of George Angus Mitchell | | Architect and Building News | 1931 | July-Dec | | p20 | | Architect and Building News | 1935 | Jan-June | | p290 | | Architect and Building News | 1938 | Jan-June | | p162 | | Builder | | | | Date unknown | | Building News | 5 April 1861 | | | p297 - contracts open |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Aberdeen City Archives | George Bennett Mitchell & Son Contract Book 9: 1929-1931 | | p205 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 21978 | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | George Bennett Mitchell: F no2909 (box 14) |
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