Basic Site Details Name: | Dunblane Hydropathic Institution | Town, district or village: | Dunblane | City or county: | Perthshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | DUNBLANE .—In consequence of the yearly increasing number of visitors to Dunblane Hydropathic, the proprietor has decided on extensive additions. A new wing will be added to the north end of the building, greatly enlarging the existing dining-room accommodation. The additions will afford room for nearly 100 persons, so that about 250 may sit down to dinner when the alteration has been carried out. In the basement underneath the new dining-room is a servants' hall and a servants' dormitory. Next year the symmetry of the frontage will be insured by the erection of a similar wing at the other end adjoining the present drawing-room. Plans for the extension have been prepared by Messrs James M'Laren and Sons, architects, Dundee, while the contract for the mason work has been secured by Messrs J and C Hay, builders, Dundee. The extension is to be completed in time to accommodate summer visitors. [Building News 18 March 1898 p397]
T Scott Sutherland was chairman of the Directors in the 1930s | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Hydropathic | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Perth Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1875 | | | A & G Thomson & Turnbull scheme | | March 1875 | | | First scheme | | May 1875 | | | Second scheme | | June 1875 | | | First tender drawings--not built | | 27 November 1876 | | | Revised and executed scheme | | April 1877 | | | Further revisions | | 12 June 1877 | | | Drawings for gate lodge and well house | | 1898 | | Addition | North Wing - dining room | | c. 1936 | | | Reconstruction after 1930c | | After 1945 | Before 1955 | Rehabilitation | Reinstatement after occupation by War Office |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Dunblane Hydropathic Company | |
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 | p449 | | McKean, Charles | 1987 | The Scottish Thirties: An Architectural Introduction | | Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press | p197 | | RSA | 1877 | | | | 847 | | Shifrin, Malcolm | 2015 | Victorian Turkish Baths | | Historic England | p216 (plan) | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | | | Walker, David W | 2003 | Peddie and Kinnear's Hydropathics | | Architectural Heritage XIV, Journal of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland, pp22-44 | pp24-30 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 1937 | Jan-June | | p51 | | Builder | 5 March 1898 | | | p238 | | Building News | 18 March 1898 | | | p397 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Dundee University | Dundee University Archives | | Plans P 137 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 26409 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | | DPM/1870/119 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Watson Ritchie: F no5191 (Combined Box 62) |
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