Basic Site Details Name: | Kingseat Asylum | Town, district or village: | New Machar | City or county: | Aberdeenshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost: £98,533 plus site cost £12,942.
Built when the accommodation at the Royal Cornhill Asylum became insufficient.
Information about Mackinnon work from obituary. Check.
Contractor: E Gould. Tender £26,985 for masonry accepted in January 1901.
[From the extensive description of progress of the work given in the Builder of 27 September (taken from the Aberdeen Journal) it is apparent that works on the various buildings on the site was being phased, hence the apparent discrepancies in tendering etc.] | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Aberdeen District Asylum | | | | District Asylum for Aberdeen | | alternative original name | | Kingseat Hospital | Yes | | | Kingseat Mental Hospital | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Psychiatric hospital | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1899 | | Build/construction | Date given for villas and cottages scattered over grounds | | 1901 | 1904 | Construction | | | January 1901 | | | First sod cut | | 14 September 1901 | | Foundation stone | | | 1902 | | Design exhibited | | | 16 May 1904 | | Opened | | | 1914 | | Addition | New block (cost £12,000) and hospital villa (cost £6,500) | | 1921 | | | Attendants' cottages | | 1923 | 1926 | Build/construction | Two new villas (and perhaps other work), cost £40,000. Additions opened Novermber 1926. | | 28 July 1999 | | Closed | |
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 | | Alexander Marshall Mackenzie | | | 1901 | 1904 | | | Arthur Hay Livingstone Mackinnon | | | 1914 | | New block (cost £12,000) and hospital villa (cost £6,500) | | Robert Robb Gall | | | 1921 | | Attendants' cottages | | Gall & Hay | | B | 1923 | 1926 | Two new villas (male and female, 60 patients each); additions to nurses' home | | George Morrison Hay | | B | 1923 | 1926 | Two new villas (male and female, 60 patients each); additions to nurses' home | | Robert Robb Gall | | B | 1923 | 1926 | Two new villas (male and female, 60 patients each); additions to nurses' home |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Aberdeen City District Board of Control | for 1920s work | | City and District Lunacy Board | 1901 work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 2, pp 294-5, (recreation hall) pp 300-303; vol 3, pp 16-18 | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Kingseat Hospital | | RSA | 1902 | | | | 557 | | Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen | | London and New Haven: Yale University Press | pp83, 692 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Aberdeen Daily Journal | September 1901 | | | Check date | | Architect and Building News | 12 November 1926 | | | | | British Architect | 11 January 1901 | | | pix- tenders | | British Medical Journal | 24 November 1906 | | | | | Builder | 18 May 1901 | | | p501- tenders | | Builder | 27 September 1901 | | | p277 - foundation stone | | Builder | 1914 | CVI | | p624 | | Builder | 1914 | CVII | | p388 | | Building News | 4 January 1901 | | | p4 | | Building News | 18 January 1901 | | | p89 - first sod cut |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Robert Robb Gall: F no2425 (microfilm reel 34); George Morrison Hay: F no2540 (box 8) |
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