Basic Site Details Name: | Govan Combination Poorhouse and Asylum | Town, district or village: | Govan | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | 420-foot elevation.
Cost of Maternity building £1,250,000. Cost of Pharmacy building £80,000. Cost of kitchens/dining room £60,000 | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Merryflatts Hospital | | |  | Merryflatts Poorhouse | | |  | Southern General Hospital | Yes | Since 1923 |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Poor house | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | 1345, Govan Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1867 | 1872 | | |  | 18 March 1867 | | Plans dated | Initial proposals |  | 18 April 1867 | | Plans approved | Plans approved by Board of Supervision in Edinburgh. |  | 25 August 1868 | | Plans dated | Revised plans dated |  | 19 November 1868 | | Plans approved | Revised plans approved |  | 1883 | | | New hospital block |  | 1899 | 1901 | | Additions - including extension to hospital block of McLachan |  | 1904 | | | Nurses' home |  | 1926 | | | Nurses' home extended, original asylum extended and Female Defectives Home built |  | 1930s | | | Kitchen, laundry and boilerhouse added |  | 17 October 1952 * | | Addition | Proposed extension (reference (Builder 17 Oct 1952, 564) is no more specific) |  | 17 October 1952 * | | Addition | Additions scheme, with reconstruction, for new out-patients department (distinct from other 1952 non-specific addition) |  | 12 December 1952 * | | Alteration/conversion | Plans to be prepared for alterations and additions |  | 13 March 1953 * | | Addition | Plans in hand for two-storey extension to maternity block |  | 1964 | 1967 | Build/construction | Maternity Unit |  | 30 August 1968 | | Addition | Extension at Govan Road and Moss Road per Building 30/08/1968 p84 |  | Before 1981 | | Redevelopment | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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 |  | James Thomson | Architect, Engineer | A | 1867 | 1872 | |  | H McLachan (or probably McLachlan) | Architect | | 1883 | | New hospital block |  | David Barclay | Architect | B | 1899 | 1901 | Additions - including extension to hospital block of McLachan and Children's Blocks |  | H & D Barclay | Architectural practice | B | 1899 | 1901 | Additions - including extension to hospital block of McLachan and Children's Blocks |  | John Galt | Architect | B | 1899 | 1901 | Additions - including extension to hospital block of McLachan and Children's Blocks - as assistant to H & D Barclay |  | Gavin Lennox | Architect | C | 1904 | | Nurses' home and two additional ward blocks - as assistant to Thomson & Sandilands |  | John Thomson | Architect | C | 1904 | | Nurses' home and two additional ward blocks |  | Robert Douglas Sandilands | Architect | C | 1904 | | Nurses' home and two additional ward blocks |  | Thomson & Sandilands | Architectural practice | C | 1904 | | Nurses' home and two additional ward blocks |  | James Taylor | Architect | | After 1919 | Before 1931 | Nurses' home, alterations to houses, new office and dayrooms |  | (Dr) Colin Sinclair | Architect | D | 1926 | | Nurses' home extended, original asylum extended and Female Defectives Home built |  | H & D Barclay | Architectural practice | D | 1926 | | Nurses' home extended, original asylum extended and Female Defectives Home built |  | Thomas Peter Miller Somers | Architect | | 1930s | | Kitchen, laundry and boilerhouse added |  | Keppie Henderson & J L Gleave | Architectural practice | | 17 October 1952 * | | Additions |  | Keppie Henderson & J L Gleave | Architectural practice | | 12 December 1952 * | | Alterations and additions |  | Forbes Murison | Architect | | 13 March 1953 * | | Two-storey extension to maternity block |  | Alexander Smellie | Architect | E | 1964 | 1967 | Maternity Unit, new kitchen and staff dining rooms, new pharmacy building, rehabilitation centre and staff residential accommodation. |  | Geoffrey George Wimpenny | Architect | E | 1964 | 1967 | Maternity Unit, new kitchen and staff dining rooms, new pharmacy building, rehabilitation centre and staff residential accommodation. As one of two/three partners in charge. |  | Keppie Henderson & Partners | Architectural practice | E | 1964 | 1967 | Maternity Unit, new kitchen and staff dining rooms, new pharmacy building, rehabilitation centre and staff residential accommodation. |  | Richard Rudolphe Chitham De'Ath | Architect | E | 1964 | 1967 | Maternity Unit, new kitchen and staff dining rooms, new pharmacy building, rehabilitation centre and staff residential accommodation. As one of two/three partners in charge. |  | Thomas Russell Scott | Architect | E | 1964 | 1967 | Maternity Unit, new kitchen and staff dining rooms, new pharmacy building, rehabilitation centre and staff residential accommodation. Also partner in charge according to his RIBA Nomination paper. |  | James Campbell Hutchison | Architect | G | Before 1981 | | Upgradings |
* earliest date known from documented sources. ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Govan Parish Council | |  | Greater Glasgow Health Board | Client for late 1970s/1980s work |  | Western Region Hospital Board | 1952, restoration and additions |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresThis structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details): | | Building Name | Notes |  | Southern General Hospital, Accident and Orthopaedic block | £100,000 (total estimated cost - equipment costs not known), £2,000 (probable expenditure to March 31, 1961), £50,000 (estimated expenditure in 1961-62) |  | Southern General Hospital, Institute of Neurological Sciences | £1,527,000 |  | Southern General Hospital, neuro-surgery, X-Ray Department, and ECG Department | Cost of X-ray department £90,000 |  | Southern General Hospital, Walton Conference | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p575 |  | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |  | RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | | | |  | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Southern General Hospital |  | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p594 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architect | 15 November 1901 | | | |  | Builder | 6 July 1869 | XXVII | | |  | Builder | 24 June 1899 | LXXVI | | |  | Builder | 15 November 1901 | | | p677 |  | Builder | 17 October 1952 | | | p564 |  | Builder | 12 December 1952 | | | p892 |  | Builder | 13 March 1953 | | | p435 |  | Builder | 20 March 1953 | | | p472 |  | Building | 30 August 1968 | | | p84 |  | Building News | 12 July 1867 | | | p471 |  | Building News | 30 December 1870 | | | p490 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Greater Glasgow Health Board Archives | Greater Glasgow Health Board Archives | | Plans from Common Services Agency.
Reference for plans: HB17/5/5-11 for initial proposal and HB17/5/12-22.
Plans of 1867 and 1868 give James Thomson, 61 West Nile Street, Glasgow and therefore NOT James Thomson of Baird & Thomson. |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33307 | Hospital block |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33306 | Administration block |  | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Register House Plans | | RHP 30861/1-2 |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Galt: L v3 no199 (microfilm reel 30); Robert Douglas Sandilands: F v17 p51 no1122 (microfilm reel 12); John Thomson: F v17 p55 no1124 (microfilm reel 12); Gavin S A Lennox: L v19 no 1408. Thomas Russell Scott F no 6083 (Combined Box 118) |
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