Basic Site Details Name: | Oldmill Poorhouse | City or county: | Aberdeen | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Includes Eday Road Viaduct (B listed), East and West lodges (B Listed), gatepiers and former probationary wards.
Total cost of Brown & Watt work: £120,000.
Now part of Woodend Hospital (see separate entry). | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Old Mill Poorhouse | | Alternative spelling of original name | | Oldmill Hospital | | After conversion to military hospital during World War I | | Woodend Hospital | Yes | Now part of Woodend Hospital | | YMCA Hut | | After conversion in 1916-17 |
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 | | Eday Road | Yes | | | Forest Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1900 | 1907 | Construction | | | 1916 | 1917 | | Conversion into YMCA Hut / military hospital | | 1926 | | | Taken over by Aberdeen Town Council as Wooden Municipal Hospital (see separate entry) |
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 Brown | | A | 1900 | 1907 | | | Brown & Watt | | A | 1900 | 1907 | | | George Watt | | A | 1900 | 1907 | | | George Bennett Mitchell | | | 1916 | 1917 | Conversion into YMCA Hut / military hospital |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Aberdeen Parish Council | |
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 | | Oldmill Poorhouse, Nurses' Home | Now part of Woodend Hospital (see separate entry).
Total cost of all Brown & Watt work on site: £120,000. |
Parent Structure and SiteThis structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | | Building name | Notes | | Woodend Hospital | Incorporates the former Oldmill Poorhouse and Oldmill Poorhouse Nurses' Home (see separate entries). |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Brogden, W A | 1998 | Aberdeen: an illustrated architectural guide | Second edition | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | p154 | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed under Woodend Hospital | | Sharples, J, Walker, D W and Woodworth, M | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen | | London and New Haven: Yale University Press | p290 | | The Modern Building Record | 1914 | The Modern Building Record | Volume 5 | London: Wertheimer, Lea & Co | pp38-41 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Aberdeen Daily Journal | 22 November 1901 | | | | | Aberdeen Daily Journal | 30 March 1905 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Aberdeen City Archives | George Bennett Mitchell and Son Collection | | GBM/1910/10/1 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 20827 | General block | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 20830 | Viaduct | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 20826 | Main building | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 20831 | Lodges | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 20829 | Westholme (original nurses' home) | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Brown and Watt Scrapbook | | p118, 125, 129, 131, 136, 137 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | George Watt: L v17 no1224 |
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