Basic Site Details Name: | Royal Hospital for Sick Children | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Mortuary Chapel A listed : Phoebe Traquair murals.
See separate entry for earlier site of children's hospital, at Meadowside House, from where the Phoebe Traquair mortuary chapel murals (painted 1885) were brought to this new building.
Dispensary opened on 8 December 1903. Built of yellow freestone at a cost of £6,000. | 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 | | 16, Hope Terrace | | Altered by Reginald Fairlie for hospital use - there is no Hope Terrace at hospital site today but this may have been a previous street name | | 8, 9 and 13, Rillbank Terrace | | | | Sciennes Road | Yes | | | Sylvan Place | | Out-patients' department |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1891 | 1895 | Construction | | | 1893 | | | Design for Meadowfield exhibited (site abandoned). Also design for Rillbank site exhibited. | | 31 October 1895 | | Opened | | | 5 November 1906 | | | Memorial tablet to Mary Jane Meikleham (plans dated) | | c. 1920 | c. 1923 | | Alterations | | 1931 | 1938 | | Alterations and additions to 8, 9 and 13 Rillbank Terrace | | 1960 | | Addition | Additions to N. |
PeopleDesign and Construction
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1893 | | | | p72 | | Cant, M | 1990 | Sciennes and the Grange | | | pp169-180 | | Carruthers, Annette | 2013 | The Arts and Crafts Movement in Scotland: a history | | | pp42-46 | | Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p597 | | Guthrie, Douglas et al. | 1960 | The Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children | | | | | Nuttgens, Patrick | 1959 | Reginald Fairlie 1883-1952: A Scottish Architect | | Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd | p54 | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | | | RSA | 1893 | | | | 498 & 499 | | The Royal Hospital for Sick Children | 1970 | The Royal Hospital for Sick Children | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 1934 | Jul-Dec | | p226 | | British Architect | 11 December 1903 | | | p434 - opening of dispensary | | Builder | 9 November 1895 | LXIX | | 5 November 1892 according to HS lists | | Builder | 1 January 1898 | LXXIV | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 30480 | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 52347 | Mortuary Chapel. A listed. | | Lothian Health Board/Edinburgh Univ, Spec Collns … | Lothian Health Board Archives | | LHB5/1 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR E/45 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Architects Index | | Reginald Fairlie work | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson Collection | | SMW 1920/3/1-8 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | George Washington Browne: F no2356 (box 5); Edward Charles Henry Maidman: L v19 no1445 |
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