Basic Site Details
| Name: | Stirling Combination Poorhouse and Lunatic Asylum |
| Town, district or village: | Stirling |
| City or county: | Stirlingshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Demolished |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Largely demolished |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Orchard Hospital | Yes | |
| Orchard House | ||
| Orchard House Hospital | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Union Street | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1855 | 1857 | ||
| 29 August 1855 | Drawings dated | ||
| 1906 | Conversion to Orchard House Hospital | ||
| 1980s | Alteration/conversion | Conversion of Poor House into Geriatric Unit | |
| 1982 | Addition | Health Centre | |
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 | |
| Charles George Hood Kinnear | A | 1855 | 1857 | ||
| John Dick Peddie | A | 1855 | 1857 | ||
| Peddie & Kinnear | A | 1856 | 1857 | ||
| Andrew McLuckie | B | 1906 | Conversion to Orchard House Hospital | ||
| McLuckie & Walker | B | 1906 | Conversion to Orchard House Hospital | ||
| Ronald Walker | B | 1906 | Conversion to Orchard House Hospital | ||
| Alex Strang & Associates | E | 1982 | Addition of Health Centre | ||
| Archibald Ferguson | E | 1982 | Addition of Health Centre | ||
| Hamish Robertson | E | 1982 | Addition of Health Centre | ||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Gifford, John and Walker, Frank Arneil | 2002 | Stirling and Central Scotland (The Buildings of Scotland) | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p713 | |
| Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Orchard House - brief reference | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | DPM 1850/12/1 (Drawings very incomplete) | |
| Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | Research on McLuckie & Walker by Alex Adamson | |