Basic Site Details Name: | Nordrach-on-Dee Hospital | Town, district or village: | Banchory | City or county: | Aberdeenshire/Kincardineshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Modelled on the Bavarian Sanatorium at Nordrach.
Cost: c.£12,000.
Nurses' home demolished 1988.
Building News 25 January 1901 Page 122 'BANCHORY, MIDDLESIDE. - A sanatorium to be known as Nordrach-on-Dee has been built at Banchory for the purpose of carrying out the open-air treatment of consumption and other forms of tuberculosis and lung disease. This is the first establishment in Scotland specially designed and erected on a specially-selected locality for carrying out the Nordrach treatment. It has been erected at a cost of over £600 per bed. The grounds extend to about 25 acres, and the lengths of the walks are graded according to the strength of the patient. Shelters are erected here and there among the trees, some of them being on the revolving principle. A winter garden is to be provided in the verandah that connects the sanatorium with the dining-room. The sanatorium has accommodation for 40 patients. The building, which was designed by Mr. George Coutts, architect, Aberdeen, after a visit to Germany with Dr. Lawson, has cost about £21,000, including the purchase price of the site.'
| Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Glen-o-Dee Hospital | Yes | After 1934 | | Glen-o-Dee Hotel | | From 1934 |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1900 | 1901 | | | | 1928 | | | Closed as hospital | | 1934 | | | Reopened as hotel | | 1988 | | | Nurses' home 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 | | George Coutts | | | 1900 | 1901 | | | William Edgar Gauld | | | 1903 | 1904 | Nurses' home |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Glen-o-Dee Hospital | | Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen | | London and New Haven: Yale University Press | p368 | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1923 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 25 January 1901 | | | p122 | | The Hospital | 1 June 1901 | | | pp152-3 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of Neil Darlington | Information sent via DSA website | | Sent October 2001 | | Courtesy of Neil Darlington | Information sent via DSA website | | Sent October 2009 | | Grampian Health Board | Grampian Health Board Archives | | Booklets on sanatorium and hotel | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 21871 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | William Edgar Gauld: F v22 no1507 (microfilm reel 13) |
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