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 | | | 1882 | | Unsuccessful competition design | | Campbell Douglas | | A | 1882 | 1890 | Won competition - building of first part - admin block and first pavilions | | Campbell Douglas & Sellars | | A | 1882 | 1890 | Won competition - building of first part - admin block and first pavilions | | James Sellars | | A | 1882 | 1890 | Won competition - building of first part - admin block and first pavilions | | Alexander Barr Morrison | | B | 1891 | 1893 | Second part, including nurses' home and additional pavilion | | Campbell Douglas | | B | 1891 | 1893 | Second part, including nurses' home and additional pavilion | | Campbell Douglas & Morrison | | B | 1891 | 1893 | Second part, including nurses' home and additional pavilion | | Alexander Barr Morrison | | C | 1899 | 1901 | Third part, including isolation pavilion and operating rooms | | Campbell Douglas | | C | 1899 | 1901 | Third part, including isolation pavilion and operating rooms | | Campbell Douglas & Morrison | | C | 1899 | 1901 | Third part, including isolation pavilion and operating rooms | | David Thomson | | C? | 1899(?) | 1901(?) | Probably involved in third part, including isolation pavilion and operation rooms - as apprentice/assistant to Campbell Douglas & Morrison | | John Duncan MacLeod | | C | c. 1899 | 1901 | Third part, including isolation pavilion and operating rooms - as assistant with Campbell Douglas & Morrison | | Thomas McMillan | | C | c. 1899 | 1901 | Third part, including isolation pavilion and operating rooms - as assistant with Campbell Douglas & Morrison | | Henry Edward Clifford | | D | 1902 | 1906 | Design of new ward pavilion (third pavilion); andf other additions, inlcuding operating theatre and tool house | | Hugh Dale | | D | 1902 | 1906 | Working as assistant to Henry Edward Clifford | | David Salmond | | E | 1925 | 1927 | Completion of new ward pavilion designed by H E Clifford | | James Henry Gray | | E | 1925 | 1927 | Completion of new ward pavilion designed by H E Clifford | | John Watson | | E | 1925 | 1927 | Completion of new ward pavilion designed by H E Clifford | | Watson, Salmond & Gray | | E | 1925 | 1927 | Completion of new ward pavilion designed by H E Clifford | | David Salmond | | F | 1930 | 1931 | Paying patients' annexe | | James Henry Gray | | F | 1930 | 1931 | Paying patients' annexe | | John Watson | | F | 1930 | 1931 | Paying patients' annexe | | Watson, Salmond & Gray | | F | 1930 | 1931 | Paying patients' annexe | | James Henry Gray | | G | 1935 | | Paying patients annexe and nurses home both extended | | John Watson (junior) | | G | 1935 | | Paying patients annexe and nurses home both extended | | Watson, Salmond & Gray | | G | 1935 | | Paying patients annexe and nurses home both extended | | John Watson (junior) | | H | 1938 | | Scheme for future extension | | Watson, Salmond & Gray | | H | 1938 | | Scheme for future extension | | John Watson (junior) | | I | 1939 | 1940 | Adaptation of ground floor of north west pavilion for outpatients department. Other additions? | | Watson, Salmond & Gray | | I | 1939 | 1940 | Adaptation of ground floor of north west pavilion for outpatients department. Other additions? | | John Watson (junior) | | J | 1947 | | Outpatient and casualty block - design (executed 1966) | | Watson, Salmond & Gray | | J | 1947 | | Outpatient and casualty block - design (executed 1966) | | Archibald Crawford | | 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 | | 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 | | 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) | | 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 | | 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 | | 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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