Basic Site Details Name: | Old House of Glack and New House of Glack | City or county: | Aberdeenshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Aberdeen Lunatic Asylum Annexe | Yes | |  | Daviot Asylum | | After conversion of Old and New Houses of Glack in 1889 |  | House of Daviot | | |  | Royal Cornhill Hospital Annexe | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Country House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | c. 1723 | | | Old House of Glack built |  | Before 1868 | | | Unspecified work |  | 1875 or 1876 | | | New House of Glack built |  | 1889 | | | Conversion of Old and New Houses of Glack into Daviot Asylum |  | 1899 | | | Restoration of asylum |  | 1934 | | Build/construction | Rear two-storey wing of Old House of Glack added |  | 1935 | | | Addition of butterfly-plan male hospital block, hall chapel and occupational therapy; conversion of steading |  | c. 2000 | | Restoration | Restoration of Old House of Glack as dwelling house |
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 |  | Mackenzie & Matthews | Architectural practice | A? | Before 1854(?) | | Unspecified work by James Matthews - unclear whether in partnership with William Lawrie or with Alexander Marshall Mackenzie |  | James Matthews | Architect | A | Before 1868 | | Unspecified work |  | Matthews & Lawrie | Architectural practice | A? | Before 1868(?) | | Unspecified work by James Matthews - unclear whether in partnership with William Lawrie or with Alexander Marshall Mackenzie |  | James Matthews | Architect | B | 1875 | | New House of Glack |  | Alexander Marshall Mackenzie | Architect | C | 1889 | | Conversion of Old and New Houses of Glack into Daviot Asylum |  | James Matthews | Architect | C | 1889 | | Conversion of Old and New Houses of Glack into Daviot Asylum. Old House became nurses' home. |  | Matthews & Mackenzie | Architectural practice | C | 1889 | | Conversion of Old and New Houses of Glack into Daviot Asylum. Old House became nurses' home. |  | Alexander Marshall Mackenzie | Architect | D | 1899 | | Restoration |  | George Angus Mitchell | Architect | D | 1934 | c. 1935 | Addition of rear two-storey wing of Old House of Glack, male hospital, hall chapel and occupational therapy; conversion of steading |  | George Bennett Mitchell | Architect | D | 1934 | c. 1935 | Addition of rear two-storey wing of Old House of Glack, male hospital, hall chapel and occupational therapy; conversion of steading |  | George Bennett Mitchell & Son | Architectural practice | D | 1934 | c. 1935 | Addition of rear two-storey wing of Old House of Glack, male hospital, hall chapel and occupational therapy; conversion of steading |  | Leslie F Hunter | Architect | E | c. 2000 | | Restoration of Old House of Glack as dwelling house |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Mackenzie, J, of Glack | Original client for New House |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Architects Engineers and Building Trades Directory | 1868 | Architect's, Engineer's and Building Trades' Directory | | London, Wyman | Entry for James Matthews |  | 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 277-8; vol 3, pp 27-9 |  | Lippe, William | 1979 | The Scottish baronial house in Aberdeenshire of the Mackenzies and James Matthews | | The Robert Gordon University post graduate dissertation | |  | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as House of Daviot |  | Shepherd, Ian | 1994 | Gordon: an illustrated architectural guide | | | p108 |  | Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray | | Yale University Press | pp151-152 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2790 | Old House of Glack |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2792 | New House of Glack also later part of asylum |  | Viewfield House, Old Perth Rd, Inverness (1990) | A Marshall Mackenzie & Marr Office List (held by John G Marr in 1960) | | |
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