Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Pavilion

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	Lauriston Place	Yes

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1897
	1898			Plans for new pavilion passed by Managers of Infirmary

People

Design and Construction

The 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
	Arthur George Sydney Mitchell		A	1897	1899
	George Wilson		A	1897	1899
	John Murray		A	1897	1899	As assistant to Sydney Mitchell & Wilson
	Sydney Mitchell & Wilson		A	1897	1899
	John Galt Mitchell		A	1897 or 1898	1899	As assistant to Sydney Mitchell & Wilson

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Parent Structure and Site

This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details):
	Building name	Notes
	Edinburgh Royal Infirmary	The new infirmary at Edinburgh was opened on Wednesday. The late Mr D. Bryce, RSA, was intrusted with the planning of the buildings, of which his nephew and partner, Mr John Bryce, has superintended the completion. The style adopted is the old Scotch Baronial. The Lauriston facade presents a central elevation 100 feet long, with the height of three stories, in addition to a half-sunk basement. From each side of this central building, which is partly appropriated as administrative accommodation, there run out, in the same line, three tiers of corridors giving access to the wards of the Surgical Hospital, and offering, in the front view, as many ranges of large three-light windows surmounted by a stone balustrade. These corridors are continued from end to end of the buildings, and on their north side there are carried out, at right angles, towards Lauriston, four pavilions or blocks of wards, severally measuring 128 feet in length, with an extreme width of 33 feet 2in. In their side elevations the several pavilions show ranges of plain windows, the walls being relieved with string-courses and diversified at the top with stepped gables, small turrets, and chimneys characteristic of the style. The masonry throughout is ashlar, with tooled facings to doors, windows, and gable-heads. There is accommodation for 600 patients. The amount of space provided for each patient varies from 2,350 to 2,380 cubic feet, as compared with 1,800 cubic feet allowed in St Thomas' Hospital, London, and 1,226 cubic feet in Fort Warren, Massachusetts. [Building News 31 October 1879 p536] CHECK 1890s journal references - are these for work by George Washington Browne? Structural Engineers Phase 1 Blyth & Blyth; Service Engineers Steensen, Varming & Mulcahy; QS George Berry & Partners; main contractor W & J R Watson

References

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Building News	5 November 1897
	Building News	14 January 1898			Plans for new pavilion passed by Managers of Infirmary
	Building News	30 June 1899			New wing

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	30307
	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	RIBA Nomination Papers		John Murray : L v10 no 587; John Galt Mitchell: L v1 no91 (microfilm reel 29)