Basic Site Details | Name: | Royal Northern Infirmary, Tweedmouth Memorial Chapel | | Town, district or village: | Inverness | | City or county: | Inverness-shire | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | INVERNESS - The Tweedmouth Memorial Chapel, erected by the Dowager Lady Tweedmouth in the grounds of the Northern Infirmary, was opened on Saturday. Built of dressed freestone, the chapel is designed in a Late Pointed phase of Scotch Gothic. It is cruciform in design, with a steep-pitched roof covered with grey slates, and is surmounted in the centre by a fleche of oak, and slated, rising to 50 feet above the ground. The south window has three lights and tracery, and the windows in the two transept gables are triple lancets ; while a rose window, about 10ft. in diameter, gives light from the north end. The nave is 44 feet by 18 feet, whilst in either side there is a transept, separated from the main area by wrought-iron gates and curtains, for use by worshippers of the Roman and Anglican communions. The whole of the furnishings are in oak. The inside walls are of polished freestone, and the windows are all deeply moulded, the jambs and mullions being finished with shafts of grey Kilkenny marble and carved capitals. The roof is also in oak, panelled, and the arched ribs rising from the carved couples divide the interior into three bays. The floor of the chapel is laid with oak parquetry, stained and polished. A corridor. 9 feet wide, connects the church with the infirmary. Messrs. Ross and Macbeth, Inverness, were the architects [Building News 10 June 1898 p814] | Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Chapel | | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1 September 1896 | | Journal reference | | | June 1898 | | Opened | |
PeopleDesign 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 | | Alexander Ross | | A | 1896 | 1898 | | | Robert John Macbeth | | A | 1896 | 1898 | | | Ross & Macbeth | | A | 1896 | 1898 | |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsParent Structure and Site| This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | | | Building name | Notes | | Royal Northern Infirmary | Original building by John Smith of Banff. Lodge is C Listed |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this building: | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | |
Periodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 3 May 1912 | | | Obituary of Macbeth | | Building News | 10 June 1898 | | | p814 - opening | | Inverness Courier | 1 September 1896 | | | |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Robert John Macbeth: F v17 no 1115 |
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