Basic Site Details Name: | Craigleith House | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The new pavilions at the Victoria Hospital for Consumptives, Craigleath, Edinburgh, which have been added at a cost of nearly £7,000, were opened on the 15th inst. The extensions, from the designs of Messrs Sydney Mitchell and Wilson, consist of two pavilions of two wards with six beds in each and one pavilion of two wards with four beds in each, and will increase by 20 beds the accommodation of the hospital. [British Architect 31 July 1903 p9]
Craigleith House was demolished in the 1960s to make way for new hospital. Gateway of 1906 remain and is B listed. Admimnistration block delisted 2012. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Royal Victoria Hospital | | After conversion in 1894 |
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 | | Royal Victoria Hospital, Craigleith Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1894 | | | Converted Craigleith House to hospital for consumptives | | 1906 | | | Major alterations and additions including gateway, east lodge and administration block | | Before 1924 | | | Alterations Alterations | | 1960 | | Addition | | | 1964 | 1965 | Plans dated | Redevelopment Phase 2 | | 1966 | | Build/construction | Redevelopment - phases 1& 2 | | 28 October 1966 | | Contract offered | Contract offered to Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd., for construction of phase I of redevelopment, £430,000 | | 1970 | | | Redevelopment work in hand | | 1974 | 1975 | Alteration/conversion | Redevelopment - Phase 3 (plans dated 1974 and 1975) | | 1981 | | Alterations and additions | Further alterations | | 2012 | | | Admin block de-listed. |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | SERHB | Client for Reiach & Hall work |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p531 | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p585 | | Kelynack, T N (Ed) | 1914 | Tuberculosis Year Book and Sanatoria Annual, 1913-14 | | | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Royal Victoria Hospital |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | British Architect | 31 July 1903 | | | p9
| | Building | 28 October 1966 | | | p171 | | Building News | 7 December 1894 | | | p802 | | Building News | 19 October 1906 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 27752 | Listing for gateway | | Lothian Health Board/Edinburgh Univ, Spec Collns … | Lothian Health Board Archives | | Annual Reports | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Alan Reiach Collection | | AR 20/1-9; AR 21/1-7 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Buildings of Scotland Research Notes (for published volumes) | | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson Collection | | SMW 1900/18/1-18 |
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