Basic Site Details Name: | Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum, Gowrie House | Town, district or village: | Liff | City or county: | Dundee | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Dundee District Asylum, Gowrie House | | | | Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Gowrie House | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | House | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Gowrie House, West Green | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1898 | 1901 | Construction | | | 1898 | | Plans drawn up | | | November 1951 | | Alteration/conversion | Part of a five year building programme by the Eastern regional Hospital of Scotland. Proposed venting alterations at estimated costs of £12,000, and an isolation for TB patients for £18,000 |
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 | | Thomas Saunders Robertson | | | 1898 | 1901 | | | Eastern Regional Hospital Board | | | 1951 | | |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresParent Structure and SiteThis structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | | Building name | Notes | | Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum | See separate entry for original Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum at Stobswell, which was superseded by this building. (Patients were transferred in 1882.)
Cost: £60,000.
Greystanes House and Gowrie House are B Listed but Liff House, unit offices and lodge are C Listed.
Private asylum is a separate Scottish Baronial building. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Darragh, Alison | 2011 | Prison or Palace? Heaven or Hell? An architectural and social study of the development of public lunatic asylums in Scot | | Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews | vol 2, pp 274-8 vol 3, pp 56-7 | | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p597 | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed under Royal Dundee Liff Hospital |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 2 November 1951 | | | p605 |
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