Basic Site Details Name: | Dundee Royal Infirmary | City or county: | Dundee | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Superseded original Dundee Royal Infirmary (built 1793-8), which later became a school and was subsequently demolished.
Information from Daxid Baxter. | 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 | | Barrack Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | | | Addition | Reconstruction and additions | | 1851 | 1855 | | Won in competition | | 1853 | | Design exhibited | Coe's design | | 1869 | | | Replacement of Caen stone dressings | | 1872 | | Addition | Nurses' accommodation | | 1885 | | | New block, dispensary and mortuary | | 1892 | | | Addition of Gilroy Home, to accommodate nurses | | 1893 | | | Addition of Dalgleish Nurses' Home | | 1895 | | | Addition of Sharp Operating Theatre added | | c. 1910 | | | Plans dated for alterations and additions to hospital | | c. 1911 | c. 1921 | | Plans dated for outpatient department | | 1912 | | | Extension of Dalgleish Nurses' Home | | c. 1913 | | | Lodge at main gate | | 1924 | | | Plans dated for gangway between main buildings and Caird Hospital | | After 1945 | Before 1954 | | Reconstruction | | November 1951 | | Addition | Plans are to be prepared for an extensive addition | | 1973 | | Proposed | Redevelopment, Phase 1, Dundee Royal Infirmary. Cost £120,000 | | 1976 | | Alteration/conversion | Theatre Upgrading. Cost £300,000 | | 1979 | | Build/construction | Phase 4. Cost £750,000 | | 2000 | 2007 | Alteration/conversion | Main building (Regents Building) converted to housing and the rest demolished |
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 | | Coe & Goodwin | | A | 1851 | 1855 | Won in competition | | Edwin Morton Goodwin | | A | 1851 | | Won in competition | | Henry Edward Coe | | A | 1851 | 1855 | Won in competition | | Alexander Johnston | | B | 1869 | | Replacement of Caen stone dressings | | Alexander Johnston | | E | 1872 | | Nurses' accommodation | | Alexander Johnston | | C | 1885 | | New block, dispensary and mortuary | | David Smith | | D | 1907 | 1924 | Superintended alterations and additions to hospital, including operating theatres and lodge at main gate - as chief assistant to James Findlay | | James Findlay | | D | 1907 | 1924 | Alterations and additions to hospital, including lodge at main gate and outpatients' department to west | | David McLay | | | 1935 | | Reconstruction and additions | | James Russell Baxter | | | After 1945 | Before 1954 | Reconstructions | | James Donachie | | | 1951 | | For extensive addition | | Baxter Clark & Paul | | | 1973 | | Redevelopment, Phase 1, Dundee Royal Infirmary | | (Professor) James Paul | | G | 1973 | 1979 | Redevelopment Phase I (1973), Theatre upgrading (1976) and Phase IV (1979) | | Alexander John Smith | | G | 1973 | 1979 | Redevelopment Phase I (1973), Theatre upgrading (1976) and Phase IV (1979) | | David William Baxter (junior) | | G | 1973 | 1979 | Redevelopment Phase I (1973), Theatre upgrading (1976) and Phase IV (1979) | | George Cruickshank | | G | 1973 | 1979 | Redevelopment Phase I (1973), Theatre upgrading (1976) and Phase IV (1979) | | George Lindsay Bruce | | G | 1973 | 1979 | Redevelopment Phase I (1973), Theatre upgrading (1976) and Phase IV (1979) | | Ian Geoffrey Plenderleath | | G | 1973 | 1979 | Redevelopment Phase I (1973), Theatre upgrading (1976) and Phase IV (1979) | | John Stewart Clark | | G | 1973 | 1979 | Redevelopment Phase I (1973), Theatre upgrading (1976) and Phase IV (1979) | | Peter Murchie | | G | 1973 | 1979 | Redevelopment Phase I (1973), Theatre upgrading (1976) and Phase IV (1979) | | Robert Reid Black | | G | 1973 | 1979 | Redevelopment Phase I (1973), Theatre upgrading (1976) and Phase IV (1979) | | Alexander Steele | | G | 1975 | 1979 | Theatre upgrading (1976) and Phase IV (1979) | | Baxter Clark & Paul | | | 1976 | | Theatre Upgrading. | | Baxter Clark & Paul | | | 1979 | | Phase IV | | Roy David Clark | | G | 1979 | | Phase IV (1979) | | Alexander M Kerr | | S | 2000 | 2005 | Conversion of main building (Regents Building) to flats. | | Kerr Duncan McAllister (later KDM) | | S | 2000 | 2007 | Conversion of main building (Regents Building) to flats. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Eastern Regional Hospital Board | For extensive additions 1951 |
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 | | Barnhill Convalescent Home | | | Dundee Royal Infirmary, Caird Cancer Pavilion | | | Dundee Royal Infirmary, Caird Maternity Block | | | Dundee Royal Infirmary, Continuing Care Unit | Cost £300,000 | | Dundee Royal Infirmary, Maternity Hospital | | | Dundee Royal Infirmary, maternity unit, casualty and outpatient departments | Maternity Unit: Cost £80,000 Casualty and Outpatients Department: Cost £60,000 | | Dundee Royal infirmary, Radiodiagnostic Department | It is as yet unclear iof Johnston & Baxter worked in association with James Deuchars as architect to the Regional Hospital Board. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1853, no 1131 | | Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | | London: Mansell Publishing | | | RCAHMS | 1992 | Dundee on Record | | RCAHMS | View of Dundee from the Law showing the Infirmary (c.1878) p vi Image of competition design by Coe and Goodwin p44 | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 1935 | Jan-June | | p52 | | Builder | 23 August 1851 | IX | | p529 | | Builder | 16 November 1951 | | | p696 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Dundee Archive and Record Centre | John Murray Robertson/James Findlay Collection (from Wellwood Leslie Architects) | | GD/WL Bundle 2 (2 portfolios and 7 seven sheets drawings) | | Dundee Planning Department/NMRS | Dundee Approved Duplicate Plans (Originals in NMRS for dates 1867-1883; otherwise on microfilm) | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 24982 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Scottish Survey of Architectural Practices Project MS material | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | David Smith: L v20 no1590 & F no3288 (box 20); James Russell Baxter: A no5290 (stored under F5448, combined box 79) | | Wellgate Library Dundee | Plans | | Plans D4 |
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