Basic Site Details Name: | Craighouse | Town, district or village: | Craiglockhart | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | With Old Craighouse (see separate entry), now forms the Thomas Clouston Clinic for Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
Sydney Mitchell based his work on sketch designs by Dr Clouston, the physician. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Bevan House | | One of buildings on site | | Craig House Asylum | | | | New Craig House Asylum | | | | New Craighouse Asylum | | | | Queen's Craig | | One of buildings on site | | South Craig | | One of buildings on site | | Thomas Clouston Clinic, Royal Edinburgh Hospital | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Psychiatric hospital | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Craighouse Road | Yes | | | Morningside Drive | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1880 | | Design exhibited | Interior decor by Thomas Hall | | 1888 | 1894 | | | | 6 January 1888 | | | Sydney Mitchell appointed. Motion to hold competition voted down, secured a seconder only. | | 21 August 1890 * | | | Commemorative stone | | 1894 | 1928 | | Further work | | 1897 | | | Gate lodge (attributed to Peddie & Washington Browne by D C Mays; no documentary evidence of this is known) | | 8 May 1959 | | Proposed | 'internal alterations to two wards. Separate trades contract. Eric W. Hall, ARIBA, Rock-hse., Calton Hill, Edinburgh. Heating and electrical installations apply to Ian Hunter & Ptnrs., consultants, 46 Palmerston-pl.' per Builder p870 | | 15 May 1959 | | | 'specialist floor contractors...applications to E. W. Hall...' per Builder p906 |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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 | | Thomas Hall | | | 1880 | | Decoration of dining room | | John Lownie | | | 1888 | 1894 | Asylum buildings including New Craighouse, East and West Hospital Blocks, Queen's Craig, South Craig and Bevan House - as building contractor for Sydney Mitchell & Wilson | | Arthur George Sydney Mitchell | | A | 1888 | 1894 | Asylum buildings including New Craighouse, East and West Hospital Blocks, Queen's Craig, South Craig and Bevan House | | George Wilson | | A | 1888 | 1894 | Asylum buildings including New Craighouse, East and West Hospital Blocks, Queen's Craig, South Craig and Bevan House | | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson | | A | 1888 | 1894 | Asylum buildings including New Craighouse, East and West Hospital Blocks, Queen's Craig, South Craig and Bevan House | | Charles Henry Greig | | A | c. 1889 | c. 1893 | Asylum buildings including New Craighouse, East and West Hospital Blocks, Queen's Craig, South Craig and Bevan House - as apprentice/assistant to Sydney Mitchell & Wilson | | John Murray | | | 1892 | 1894 | As assistant to Sydney Mitchell & Wilson - asylum buildings including New Craighouse, East and West Hospital Blocks, Queen's Craig, South Craig and Bevan House | | George Washington Browne | | B | 1897 | | Gate lodge (attributed to Peddie & Washington Browne by D C Mays; no documentary evidence of this is known) | | John More Dick Peddie | | B | 1897 | | Gate lodge (attributed to Peddie & Washington Browne by D C Mays; no documentary evidence of this is known) | | Peddie & Washington Browne | | B | 1897 | | Gate lodge (attributed to Peddie & Washington Browne by D C Mays; no documentary evidence of this is known) | | Auldjo Jamieson & Arnott | | C | After 1911 | | Took over from Sydney Mitchell & Wilson after 1911 (but may have been responsible for work before this) | | Ernest Arthur Oliphant Auldjo Jamieson | | C | After 1911 | | Took over from Sydney Mitchell & Wilson after 1911 (but may have been responsible for work before this) | | James Alexander Arnott | | C | After 1911 | | Took over from Sydney Mitchell & Wilson after 1911 (but may have been responsible for work before this) | | Eric Walker Hall | | | 8 May 1959 | | accepting tender applications per Builder p870; CHECK role |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Edinburgh Hospitals Board | 1959 |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Darragh, Alison | 2011 | Prison or Palace? Heaven or Hell? An architectural and social study of the development of public lunatic asylums in Scot | | Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews | vol 2, pp 264-6, 291 (Bevan Villa), 364-5, 376 vol 3, pp 69-71 | | Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p535 | | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1880, no 1133 | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Thomas Clouston Clinic | | RSA | 1890 | | | | 439 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect | 6 January 1888 | | | | | British Architect | 1 November 1889 | | | | | Builder | 7 January 1888 | LIV | | p16 | | Builder | 15 June 1889 | LVI | | p442 | | Builder | 26 July 1890 | LIX | | | | Builder | 10 March 1894 | LXVI | | p203 | | Builder | 8 May 1959 | | | p870 | | Builder | 15 May 1959 | | | p906 | | Building News | 21 August 1890 | | | | | Building News | 16 November 1894 | | | | | Journal of Decorative Art | March 1892 | | | Supplement p21- | | Journal of Decorative Art | December 1894 | XIV | | p331-5 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 27736 | | | Lothian Health Board/Edinburgh Univ, Spec Collns … | Lothian Health Board Archives | | Annual Reports of Royal Edinburgh Hospital | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson Collection | | SMW 1880/17/1-14 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Charles Henry Greig: L v22 no1710; John Murray: L v10 no587 (microfilm reel 32) |
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