Basic Site Details Name: | Dunfermline Maternity Hospital, St Leonards Hill | Town, district or village: | Dunfermline | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost £30,000. Extension in 1944 by C R Douglas & Son, Dunfermline | 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 | | Izett Avenue | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1934 | 1936 | | | | 30 October 1937 | | Opened | | | 1944 | | | Extensions | | 20 November 1959 | | Proposed | extensions per Builder p731 |
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 | | Alexander Anderson Watson | | A | 1934 | 1936 | As principal assistant, working on plans | | Muirhead & Rutherford | | A | 1934 | 1936 | | | Thomas Rutherford | | A | 1934 | 1936 | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | South-Eastern Regional Hospital Board | 1959 |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Dunfermline Press & West Fife Advertiser | 1959 | Centenary of the Dunfermline Press and West Fife Advertiser | | Dunfermline | p95, 101 | | Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p190 | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | |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 | 5 May 1933 | CXXXIV | | p146 | | Architect and Building News | 9 November 1934 | CXL | | p190 | | Builder | 9 November 1934 | CXLVII | | p825 | | Builder | 9 August 1935 | CXLIX | | p265 | | Builder | 11 December 1936 | CLI | | p1172 | | Builder | 26 May 1944 | CLXVI | | p432 | | Builder | 9 June 1944 | CLXVI | | p471 | | Builder | 20 November 1959 | | | 'Hospital Extension' p731 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Glenrothes House | Fife Health Board | | Plans | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Alexander Anderson Watson: L no5330 (combined box 71) |
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