Basic Site Details Name: | Victoria Infirmary | Town, district or village: | Langside | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Competition assessed by John Carrick.
Sculptor for Campbell Douglas & Sellars building: James Harrison Mackinnon. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Hospital | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | Grange Road | Yes | |  | 517, Langside Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1882 | | Competition held | |  | August 1888 | | Foundation stone | First part - administration block and first pavilions |  | February 1890 | | Opened | First part - administration block and first pavilions |  | 1891 | 1893 | | Second part, including nurses' home and additional pavilion |  | 1899 | 1901 | | Third part, including isolation pavilion and operating rooms |  | 1902 | 1906 | | New ward pavilion (third pavilion - designed 1902, opened 1906); and other additions, inlcuding operating theatre and tool house |  | 1913 | | | Clinical Research Laboratory opened |  | 1927 | | | New ward pavilion opened |  | 1930 | 1931 | | Paying patients' annexe. Opened by Sec of State for Scotland in April 1931.
|  | 1935 | | | Paying patients' annexe and nurses' home both extended |  | 1938 | | | Scheme for future extension |  | 1939 | | | Adaptation of ground floor of north west pavilion for outpatients department |  | 1940 | | | Additions |  | 1947 | | | Outpatient and casualty block - design only |  | 1960s | | Build/construction | Treatment block; laboratory block, mortuary, units for intensive case and paraplegics, twin theatre unit. Also coronary unit and ward upgrading. |  | 1961 | | Destruction/demolition | Clinical Research Laboratory demolished to make room for the new theatre and laboratory wing |  | 1966 | | | Outpatient and casualty block - scheme executed |
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 |  | Francis ('Frank') Stirrat | Architect | | 1882 | | Unsuccessful competition design |  | Campbell Douglas | Architect, Valuer | A | 1882 | 1890 | Won competition - building of first part - admin block and first pavilions |  | Campbell Douglas & Sellars | Architectural practice | A | 1882 | 1890 | Won competition - building of first part - admin block and first pavilions |  | James Sellars | Architect, Valuer | A | 1882 | 1890 | Won competition - building of first part - admin block and first pavilions |  | Alexander Barr Morrison | Architect | B | 1891 | 1893 | Second part, including nurses' home and additional pavilion |  | Campbell Douglas | Architect, Valuer | B | 1891 | 1893 | Second part, including nurses' home and additional pavilion |  | Campbell Douglas & Morrison | Architectural practice | B | 1891 | 1893 | Second part, including nurses' home and additional pavilion |  | Alexander Barr Morrison | Architect | C | 1899 | 1901 | Third part, including isolation pavilion and operating rooms |  | Campbell Douglas | Architect, Valuer | C | 1899 | 1901 | Third part, including isolation pavilion and operating rooms |  | Campbell Douglas & Morrison | Architectural practice | C | 1899 | 1901 | Third part, including isolation pavilion and operating rooms |  | David Thomson | Architect | C? | 1899(?) | 1901(?) | Probably involved in third part, including isolation pavilion and operation rooms - as apprentice/assistant to Campbell Douglas & Morrison |  | John Duncan MacLeod | Architect | C | c. 1899 | 1901 | Third part, including isolation pavilion and operating rooms - as assistant with Campbell Douglas & Morrison |  | Thomas McMillan | Architect | C | c. 1899 | 1901 | Third part, including isolation pavilion and operating rooms - as assistant with Campbell Douglas & Morrison |  | Henry Edward Clifford | Architect | D | 1902 | 1906 | Design of new ward pavilion (third pavilion); andf other additions, inlcuding operating theatre and tool house |  | Hugh Dale | Architectural practice | D | 1902 | 1906 | Working as assistant to Henry Edward Clifford |  | David Salmond | Architect | E | 1925 | 1927 | Completion of new ward pavilion designed by H E Clifford |  | James Henry Gray | Architect | E | 1925 | 1927 | Completion of new ward pavilion designed by H E Clifford |  | John Watson | Architect | E | 1925 | 1927 | Completion of new ward pavilion designed by H E Clifford |  | Watson, Salmond & Gray | Architectural practice | E | 1925 | 1927 | Completion of new ward pavilion designed by H E Clifford |  | David Salmond | Architect | F | 1930 | 1931 | Paying patients' annexe |  | James Henry Gray | Architect | F | 1930 | 1931 | Paying patients' annexe |  | John Watson | Architect | F | 1930 | 1931 | Paying patients' annexe |  | Watson, Salmond & Gray | Architectural practice | F | 1930 | 1931 | Paying patients' annexe |  | James Henry Gray | Architect | G | 1935 | | Paying patients annexe and nurses home both extended |  | John Watson (junior) | Architect | G | 1935 | | Paying patients annexe and nurses home both extended |  | Watson, Salmond & Gray | Architectural practice | G | 1935 | | Paying patients annexe and nurses home both extended |  | John Watson (junior) | Architect | H | 1938 | | Scheme for future extension |  | Watson, Salmond & Gray | Architectural practice | H | 1938 | | Scheme for future extension |  | John Watson (junior) | Architect | I | 1939 | 1940 | Adaptation of ground floor of north west pavilion for outpatients department. Other additions? |  | Watson, Salmond & Gray | Architectural practice | I | 1939 | 1940 | Adaptation of ground floor of north west pavilion for outpatients department. Other additions? |  | John Watson (junior) | Architect | J | 1947 | | Outpatient and casualty block - design (executed 1966) |  | Watson, Salmond & Gray | Architectural practice | J | 1947 | | Outpatient and casualty block - design (executed 1966) |  | Archibald Crawford | Architect | K | 1960s | | Treatment block; laboratory block, mortuary, units for intensive case and paraplegics (Philipshill paraplegic unit), twin theatre unit. Also coronary unit, ward upgrading, occupational therapy unit. |  | Ian Alexander Sinclair | Architect | K | 1960s | | Treatment block; laboratory block, mortuary, units for intensive case and paraplegics (Philipshill paraplegic unit), twin theatre unit. Also coronary unit, ward upgrading, occupational therapy unit. |  | John Crowe McBride | Architect | K | 1960s | | Treatment block; laboratory block, mortuary, units for intensive case and paraplegics (Philipshill paraplegic unit), twin theatre unit. Also coronary unit, ward upgrading, occupational therapy unit. |  | John Watson (junior) | Architect | K | 1960s | | Treatment block; laboratory block, mortuary, units for intensive case and paraplegics, twin theatre unit. Also coronary unit and ward upgrading. |  | Watson, Salmond & Gray | Architectural practice | K | 1960s | | Treatment block; laboratory block, mortuary, units for intensive case and paraplegics (Philipshill paraplegic unit), twin theatre unit. Also coronary unit, ward upgrading, occupational therapy unit. |  | William MacDonald | Architect | K | 1960s | | Treatment block; laboratory block, mortuary, units for intensive case and paraplegics (Philipshill paraplegic unit), twin theatre unit. Also coronary unit, ward upgrading, occupational therapy unit. |
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 |  | Bellahouston Dispensary | Cost: £4,453. |  | Victoria Infirmary, boiler house | Cost: £46,000. |  | Victoria Infirmary, Clinical Research Laboratory | |  | Victoria Infirmary, kitchens | Cost of 1939 reconstruction and additions: £45,500. |  | Victoria Infirmary, Mortuary | |  | Victoria Infirmary, nurses' home | Cost of 1934 extension: £43,000. |  | Victoria Infirmary, private annexe | |  | Victoria Infirmary, X-ray department and private wing | Cost: £18,000. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Dow, D and Slater, S D (eds) | 1990 | The Victoria Infirmary of Glasgow 1890-1990 | | Glasgow | |  | McKenzie, Ray | 2002 | Public sculpture of Glasgow (Public sculpture of Great Britain series) | | Liverpool University Press | p276 |  | Murray, Ian (parts written by John Watson Junior) | | The Victoria Infirmary of Glasgow 1890-1938 | | | p85-7 earlier parts and pp86-89 for Watson Salmond & Gray work |  | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |  | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | |  | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p550-51 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architect and Building News | 1940 | Jan-Jun | | p254 |  | British Architect | 27 July 1888 | | | |  | Builder | 30 January 1892 | LXII | | p74 |  | RIBA Journal | 1910 | v 17 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary |
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 | | Annual Reports |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32370 | |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Henry Edward Clifford: F v17 p5 no1099 (microfilm reel 12); Hugh Dale: L v17 no1214; James Henry Gray: F no3409 (box 22); John Duncan MacLeod: L v19 no 1438; Thomas McMillan: L v8 no 460; David Thomson: L v10 no556 (microfilm reel 32) |  | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 1/9887; 2/972 |
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