Basic Site Details Name: | Seaforth Sanatorium, Maryburgh | Town, district or village: | Dingwall | City or county: | Ross and Cromarty | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The Seaforth Sanitarium, Dingwall NB was opened on the 16th inst by Mrs Stewart MacKenzie of Seaforth. The buildings, designed by Messrs Ross and McBeth, architects, Inverness have been erected by Colonel and Mrs MacKenzie and have been endowed by them to the extent of £100,000, the sanatorium to be open for the free treatment of persons suffering the initiatory stages of consumption. The institution is ready for the reception of patients who can be admitted to the number of twenty-four at a time, but admission is to be deferred until the season becomes milder [British Architect 31 January 1908 p90] | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Sanatorium | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1906 | 1908 | Construction | | | 16 January 1908 | | Opened | Formal opening although patients were not to be admitted until the good weather arrived | | After 1948 | | | Closed down |
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 Ross | | A | 1906 | 1908 | | | Robert John Macbeth | | A | 1906 | 1908 | | | Ross & Macbeth | | A | 1906 | Late 1907 | | | William Wardlaw Sclanders | | A | 1907 | 1908 | As assistant to Ross & Macbeth |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Mackenzie, Mary Margaret | Donated funds for building and equipment, with her husband, Colonel Stewart Mackenzie | | Mackenzie, Stewart, Colonel - of Seaforth | Donated funds for building and equipment, with his wife, Mary Margaret Mackenzie |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | |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 | | British Architect | 31 January 1908 | | | p90 - opening | | Builder | Late 1906 | XCI | | p98 | | Inverness Courier | 11 September 1906 | | | | | Lancet | 21 April 1906 | | | p1142 | | Northern Star and Farmers Chronicle | 23 January 1908 | | | p5 (illustration) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 6360 | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | William Wardlaw Sclanders: L v20 no1572 |
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