Basic Site Details Name: | Arbroath Infirmary | Town, district or village: | Arbroath | City or county: | Angus | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost of 1968 work £40,000. Cost of 1978 work £100,000 | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Hospital | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1843 or 1844 | | | Original building | | 1913 | 1916 | | Present infirmary building - reconstruction and extension of old buildings and new nurses' home | | After 1925 | Before 1940 | | Extensions- 30 beds with accommodation for 26 nurses and maids | | After 1945 | Before 1954 | | Reconstruction | | November 1951 | | Addition | Part of a five year building programme by the Eastern regional Hospital of Scotland. New physiotherapy, outpatient and casualty department proposed at estimated cost of £35,000 | | 25 July 1958 | | Addition | one of five contracts totalling £160,000 given to R. Pert & Sons per Builder p165 | | 1968 | 1969 | Alterations and additions | X-Ray Department, New Kitchen and Refurbishing. Cost £40,000 | | 1978 | | Addition | Ward Extension. Cost £100,000 |
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 | | R Pert and Sons Limited | | | | | 'to build an extension' per Builder p165 | | David Smith | | | 1843 or 1844 | | | | Hugh Gavin | | | 1913 | 1916 | Present infirmary building - reconstruction and extension of old buildings and new nurses' home | | Cullen, Lochhead & Brown | | A | After 1925 | Before 1940 | Extensions - 30 beds with accommodation for 26 nurses and maids | | Lockhart Whiteford Hutson | | A | After 1925 | Before 1940 | Extensions - 30 beds with accommodation for 26 nurses and maids | | Thomas Walker Clark | | J | 1931 | | Extension - to cost £15,000 - children's ward and nurses' accommodation. Resigned part way through the job. | | James Lochhead | | K | 1931 | | Took over job from Clark - children's ward and nurses' accommodation | | James Russell Baxter | | | After 1945 | Before 1954 | Reconstruction | | Eastern Regional Hospital Board | | | 1951 | | Responsible for new physiotherapy, outpatient and casualty department | | (Professor) James Paul | | B | 1968 | 1969 | X-Ray Department, New Kitchen and Refurbishing. | | Baxter Clark & Paul | | B | 1968 | 1969 | X-Ray Department, New Kitchen and Refurbishing. Cost £40,000 | | David William Baxter (junior) | | B | 1968 | 1969 | X-Ray Department, New Kitchen and Refurbishing. | | George Lindsay Bruce | | B | 1968 | 1969 | X-Ray Department, New Kitchen and Refurbishing. | | Ian Geoffrey Plenderleath | | B | 1968 | 1969 | X-Ray Department, New Kitchen and Refurbishing. | | John Stewart Clark | | B | 1968 | 1969 | X-Ray Department, New Kitchen and Refurbishing. | | Peter Murchie | | B | 1968 | 1969 | X-Ray Department, New Kitchen and Refurbishing. | | Robert Reid Black | | B | 1968 | 1969 | X-Ray Department, New Kitchen and Refurbishing. | | Ian Geoffrey Plenderleath | | A | 1978 | | Ward Extension | | (Professor) James Paul | | C | 1978 | | Ward Extension | | Alexander Steele | | C | 1978 | | Ward Extension | | Baxter Clark & Paul | | C | 1978 | | Ward Extension. | | David William Baxter (junior) | | C | 1978 | | Ward extension | | George Lindsay Bruce | | C | 1978 | | Ward Extension | | John Stewart Clark | | C | 1978 | | Ward Extension | | Peter Murchie | | C | 1978 | | Ward Extension | | Robert Reid Black | | C | 1978 | | Ward Extension | | Roy David Clark | | C | 1978 | | Ward Extension | | Alexander John Smith | | A | 1979 | | Ward Extension |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Arbroath Year Books | | Arbroath Year Books | | | Yearbook for 1916 | | Bristowe & Homes | 1866 | Hospitals of the United Kingdom | | | | | 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 | | Arbroath Herald and Advertiser for the Montrose Bu | 3 July 1931 | | | p4 | | Builder | 28 September 1844 | II | | p495 (plans and elevations and description) | | Builder | 7 March 1896 | LXX | | | | Builder | 2 November 1951 | | | p605 | | Builder | 25 July 1958 | | | 'Five Contracts for Scottish Firm' p165 | | Dundee Advertiser | 23 June 1843 | | | also 16 June 1843 (for David Smith work) | | Glasgow Herald | 21 January 1913 | | | | | Glasgow Herald | 15 February 1913 | | | | | Glasgow Herald | 13 March 1913 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Scottish Survey of Architectural Practices Project MS material | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Russell Baxter: A no5290 (stored under F5448, combined box 79) |
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