Basic Site Details Name: | Royal Hospital for Sick Children | Town, district or village: | Yorkhill | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | See separate entry for the original sick children's hospital at Scott Street, which was superseded when this building was constructed. Information on 1922 work from John Watson (junior) who worked on the drawings.
Cost: £140,000. |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1911 | 1916 | Construction | | | 14 July 1914 | | Opened | Opened by King George V and Queen Mary | | 1922 | | | Additions to nurses' home; administration building | | 15 April 1960 | | Proposed | Theatres and X-ray department - not started as of 1 Dec 1959; £130,000 est. expenditure to complete work per Builder p747 | | 1967 | | Demolition | |
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 | | (Sir) John James Burnet | | A | 1911 | 1916 | | | James Wilkie Weddell | | A | 1911 | 1916 | As senior assistant to Burnet | | John Burnet & Son | | A | 1911 | 1916 | | | Norman Aitken Dick | | A | 1911 | 1916 | | | William Ferguson (junior) (or William Moncrieff Ferguson, or Willie Ferguson) | | A | 1911 | | As assistant to John James Burnet | | (Sir) John James Burnet | | C | 1922 | | Additions to nurses' home; administration building largely designed in Glasgow office | | Burnet, Son & Dick | | C | 1922 | | Additions to nurses' home; administration building largely designed in Glasgow office | | John Watson (junior) | | C | 1922 | | As apprentice to Burnet, Son & Dick, working on drawings for additions to nurses' home; administration building largely designed in Glasgow office | | Norman Aitken Dick | | C | 1922 | | Additions to nurses' home; administration building largely designed in Glasgow office | | Frank Burnet & Boston | | B | After 1939 | Before 1947 | Additions | | Frank Russell Burnet | | B | After 1939 | Before 1947 | Additions | | James Bell | | B | After 1939 | Before 1947 | Additions | | Frank Burnet Bell & Partners | | D | 1960 | 1968 | Admission block, laboratory block, doctors' and nurses' residences added | | Frank Russell Burnet | | D | 1960 | 1965 | Admission block, laboratory block, doctors' and nurses' residences added | | James Bell | | D | 1960 | 1967 | Admission block, laboratory block, doctors' and nurses' residences added | | James Hamilton Hill | | D | 1960 | 1968 | Admission block, laboratory block, doctors' and nurses' residences added | | James Newton Rennie | | D | 1960 | 1968 | Admission block, laboratory block, doctors' and nurses' residences added |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Western Regional Health Board | |
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) | | | Robertson, Edna | 1972 | The Yorkhill Story: The History of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children | | Glasgow | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 15 April 1960 | | | 'The Week in Parliament: The Hospital Building Programme' pp746-747; summarizes expenditure on hospital buildings as published in 1960-61 Civil Estimates for the National Health Service of England, Wales and Scotland, published on March 29; 17 Scottish schemes already in progress as of 1 Dec 1959, 8 works not started in Dec are reported in Builder article | | Building | 12 July 1968 | | | p142 | | Building News | 22 May 1914 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Bell: F no4327 (combined box 8); Norman Aitken Dick: F no2686 (box 10); William Moncrieff Ferguson Junior: L v24 no1914; James Wilkie Weddell: L v21 no1667 |
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