Basic Site Details Name: | Birkwood House | Town, district or village: | Lesmahagow | City or county: | Lanarkshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Lesmahagow | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Richardson attributes the 1923 conversion of the house to an institution for juvenile mentally disabled patients to Alexander Cullen, but James N Gilmore claims it for his own in his LRIBA nomination paper, so it seems unlikely that Cullen was involved | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Birkwood Castle | | alternative original name | | Birkwood Certified Institution | | after conversion by James N Gilmore | | Birkwood Hospital | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Country House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1858 | | | Major additions | | 1890 | | | Alterations and addition of new wing | | 1923 | | | Bought by Lanarkshire County Council for £10,000 for conversion into institution for juvenile mentally handicapped patients | | 1926 | | | New blocks, including school | | 1929 | | | New ward block for low-grade patients |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Lanarkshire District Board of Control | For conversion into hospital for juvenile mentally handicapped patients | | Lanarkshire Mental Hospitals Joint Committee | For additions after conversion into hospital | | McKirdy, C C | For 1890 work | | McKirdy, J G | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Greenshields, J B | 1864 | Annals of the Parish of Lesmahagow | | | plate, p101 | | MacLehose, James | 1886 | Memoirs and portraits of one hundred Glasgow Men who have died during the last thirty years … | | Glasgow: James MacLehose & Sons | Volume 1, p23 | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Birkwood Hospital; 1923 conversion attributed to Alex Cullen |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | The Bailie | 18 June 1890 | | | | | The Bailie | 20 January 1897 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 7698 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Manuscripts | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | William Theodore Percival Bryce: F no2980 (box 15); James N Gilmore: L no3513 (box 12) |
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