Basic Site Details Name: | Kirkcaldy Burgh Infectious Diseases Hospital | Town, district or village: | Kirkcaldy | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | . NEW INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL FOR KIRKCALDY.-At a meeting of the Kirkcaldy Town Council recently the minute of Committee of the 6th inst. was read, recommending the Authority to adopt the plans for the proposed infectious diseases hospital prepared by Messrs Campbell, Douglas, & Morrison, Glasgow, which were approved by the Local Government Board, with the exception that the new hospital should accommodate ten more beds - namely, thirty-three, the total cost to be £9,200, or £277- 4s-1d. per bed, the architects coming under an obligation to forego one half of their commission if the sum estimated is exceeded, excluding, of course, any extras or other work recommended by the Authority during the erection of the hospital. Provost Hutchison moved the approval of the minutes, the motion being seconded by Councillor Orr, and unanimously agreed to. [Builder 27 February 1897 p207]
The hospital is mentioned in both Larmont Douglas Penman's and William Barclay's RIBA nomination papers but no dates are given. It seems likely that their contribution was the addition of the sanatorium in 1908, but it is possible that they were actually responsible for the main buildings, with William Barclay as assistant.
Cost of 1927 work £1,550 | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Royal Victoria Hospital | Yes | | | Victoria Infectious Diseases Hospital | | |
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 | | Dunnikier Road | Yes | | | Hayfield Road | Yes | | | Infectious Diseases Hospital, Smeaton Row | | | | Strathore Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1897 | 1899 | | | | 17 June 1899 | | Opened | | | 1900 | 1902 | | Additional administrative and ward blocks | | 1907 | | | Addition of pavilions and sanatorium for consumptives | | 1912 | | | New pavilion and additions to administrative and laundry blocks | | 1914 | | | Additions by Kirkcaldy Burgh Surveyor | | 6 May 1927 | | Journal reference | Additions and alterations to Administration block (described as 'Free Hospital' in 'Builder' - presumably this hospital | | 20 February 1931 | | Journal reference | Observation block 'to be built' | | 12 December 1952 * | | Addition | Surgical unit of 100 beds, and theatres, etc., to be added | | 1955 | 1967 | Build/construction | Alterations and additons | | April 1958 | September 1961 | Build/construction | 'Dining rooms and kitchens - separate trades or 'several works' tenders invited. Applications to the Secretary, South-Eastern Regional Hospital Board, 11 Drumsheugh-gdns., Edinburgh 3.' per Builder p1112 | | 12 December 1958 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | 'extension of about 224 beds...at a cost of £600,000...This will follow the development now under construction at the hospital which includes the provision of a 120-bed block, nurses' home, theatres, kitchens and boilerhouse, the cost of which will be about £700,000. Work on preliminary plans is in hand and building of the extension will begin in early 1961.' per Builder p1062 | | 27 February 1959 | | Proposed | £600,000 extension per Builder p433 | | 21 August 1959 | | Proposed | heating system and ventilation for kitchen and plenum heating for dining room per Builder p84 | | 6 November 1959 | | Contract offered | Acceptance of tenders for alterations and addtions to femal ward ancillary accommodation | | 1 December 1960 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | for second extension to Victoria Hospital; £1,200,000 (total estimated cost - equipment costs not known), £26,000 (probable expenditure to March 31, 1961), £40,000 (estimated expenditure in 1961-62) per Builder 14 Apr 1961 p721 | | 1963 | | Addition | The construction of the second phase of the extension to Victoria Hospital is accepted and starts in six months, (per Builder 10 August 1962 p308) | | Early 1970s(?) | | Addition | Geriatric Unit/Day Hospital | | 1980 | 1983 | Addition | Block to N of Hayfield Road | | Before 1981 | | Alterations and additions | Alterations including new A & E Department and cafeteria for visitors |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Eastern Regional Hospital Board | Client for Geriatric Unit/Day Hospital |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresThis structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details): | | Building Name | Notes | | Home for the Nurses of Kirkcaldy General Hospital | | | Surgical Hospital | | | Victoria Hospital, Nurses' Home | part of a ₤675,000 development scheme at this hospital; six-storeys; living and recreational facilities for 88 nurses; first application [of sliding forms to structural walls using hydraulic jacks] in a building of this nature; designed on a cross-wall principle from floors 1-5, ground floor is open colonnade; structural walls were erected within 4 days per Builder 22 Feb 1957, p 362
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p293 (for all phases of work) | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p596 | | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Victoria Infectious Diseases Hospital | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1896 | | | | 302 | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect | 23 June 1899 | LXI | | Supplement, p 19 | | Architect | 29 March 1912 | LXXXVII | | Supplement, p 17 | | Architect | 6 November 1914 | XCII | | Supplement, p 11 | | Architect and Building News | 20 February 1931 | CXXV | | p 292 | | Builder | 1897 | LXXII | | p 207 | | Builder | 1899 | LXXVII | | p 47 | | Builder | c. 1902 | LXXXII | | p 505 | | Builder | 1907 | XCIII | | p 319 | | Builder | 5 May 1927 | CXXXII | | p756 | | Builder | 12 December 1952 | | | p892 | | Builder | 20 December 1957 | | | p1112 | | Builder | 12 December 1958 | | | 'Fife Hospital Extension' p1062 | | Builder | 27 February 1959 | | | p433 | | Builder | 21 August 1959 | | | p84 | | Builder | 6 November 1959 | | | p600 | | Builder | 14 April 1961 | | | 'Civil Estimates, 1961-62: Health Estimates, The Scottish Estimates' p721 | | Builder | 10 August 1962 | | | p308 | | Building News | 1897 | LXXI | | p 773 | | Building News | 1899 | LXXVI | | p 840 | | Building News | c. 1900 | LXXVIII | | p 740 | | Building News | 1914 | CVII | | p 610 | | RIBA Journal | 1910 | v17 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of Frank Sproson | Correspondence with Yvonne Hillyard, 2011 | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | William Barclay: L v23 no1843; John Duncan MacLeod: L v19 no 1438; Thomas McMillan: L v8 no 460; Larmont Douglas Penman: L v23 no1830 & F no2681 (box 10); David Thomson: L v10 no556 (microfilm reel 32); Harry Horace Kerr Macdonald: F no7158 (Combined Box 176) |
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