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Basic Site Details
| Name: | Kirklands Mental Hospital |
| Town, district or village: | Bothwell |
| City or county: | Lanarkshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Demolished |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Originally a house; altered to become asylum. Demolished to make way for new Kirklands Hospital. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Bothwell Asylum | ||
| Bothwell District Asylum | ||
| Kirkland Lunatic Asylum | ||
| Kirklands Asylum | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Hospital | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1871 | Alteration/conversion | To form asylum | |
| 1879 | The old Kirklands private asylum (for 60 patients) bought by Glasgow District Board | ||
| 1879 | 1881 | Gothic additions | |
| 1904 | Addition | Nurses' home and cottages | |
People
Design and Construction
| The 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 Halket (junior) | Architect | D | 1871 | Alterations and additions to form asylum | |
| ___ Broomhead | Architect | 1879 | 1881 | Gothic additions | |
| Alexander Cullen | Architect | A | 1904 | Nurses' home and cottages? | |
| James Lochhead | Architect | A | 1904 | Nurses' home and cottages | |
| William Brown | Architect | A | 1904 | Nurses' home and cottages | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Glasgow District Board of Lunacy | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The 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 An architectural and social study of the development of public lunatic asylums in Scot | Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews | vol 3, pp 41-2 | |
| Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed under Kirklands Hospital | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Architect | 18 February 1871 | p95 | ||
Archive References
| The 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 | Horatio Kelson Bromhead: Fv14 p37 | |
Images
© All rights reserved. From Architect 18 February 1871, p95