Basic Site Details Name: | Forfar Fever Hospital | Town, district or village: | Whitehills, Forfar | City or county: | Angus | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Competition assessed by Robert Morham. 34 entrants in total. Architect incorrectly given as T Martin Capper in Building News. Site of eight acres. Accommodation for 30 patients. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | County Council Fever Hospital | | |  | Forfar Isolation Hospital | | |  | Whitehills Hospital | Yes | |
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 |  | 1899 | | | |  | 11 October 1901 | | Opened | |
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 Cullen | Architect | | 1899 | | Second premiated competition design |  | David McArthy | Architect | A | 1899 | | Won competition, but T M Cappon awarded job |  | John Watson | Architect | A | 1899 | | Won competition, but T M Cappon awarded job |  | McArthy & Watson | Architectural practice | A | 1899 | | Won competition, but T M Cappon awarded job |  | John Morrison Mathers | Architect | B | 1899 | | As assistant to T M Cappon on third premiated competition design, which was nevertheless awarded job |  | Thomas Martin Cappon | Architect | B | 1899 | | Third premiated competition design, but awarded job |  | William Gillespie Lamond | Architect | B | 1899 | | As assistant to T M Cappon on third premiated competition design, which was nevertheless awarded job |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | | London: Mansell Publishing | |  | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Whitehills Hospital |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Builder | 17 June 1899 | LXXVI | | p594 |  | Builder | 21 September 1901 | | | p257 with descriptive note |  | Building News | 16 June 1899 | | | p828 - competition result |  | Building News | 25 October 1901 | | | p549 |  | Dundee Advertiser | 4 October 1899 | | | |
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 | | John Morrison Mathers: L v8 no459 (microfilm reel 31) |
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