Basic Site Details Name: | Stobhill Hospital | Town, district or village: | Springburn | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Design competition assessed by John James Burnet and Dr D Mackintosh.
Established as a Poor Law hospital along with Eastern District Hospital and Western District Hospital - all opened on same day.
Water tower block, administration block and superintendent's house are all B Listed | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Glasgow General Hospital | Yes | |  | Stobhill General Hospital | Yes | |
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 |  | 133, Balornock Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1899 | 1900 | Competition design | |  | 1901 | 1905 | Construction | Included water tower |  | January 1901 | | Contracts advertised | |  | October 1901 | | Foundation stone | |  | 15 September 1904 | | Opened | |  | 1931 | | | New maternity bock, and administration block and staff accomodation (to west of entrance) converted into nurses' home |  | 1948 | | Proposed | New hospital buildings |  | 1960s | | Addition | Additions and alterations? |  | Before 1981 | | Redevelopment | |
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 |  | Andrew David Haxton | Architect | B | c. 1899 | 1904 | Second premiated competition design (£150 premium), but awarded commission - as assistant to Thomson & Sandilands |  | Gavin Lennox | Architect | B | c. 1899 | 1904 | Second premiated competition design (£150 premium), awarded commission - as apprentice to Thomson & Sandilands |  | James Christie | Architect | B | c. 1899 | | Second premiated competition design (£150 premium), awarded commission - as apprentice to Thomson & Sandilands |  | John Thomson | Architect | B | c. 1899 | 1904 | Second premiated competition design (£150 premium), but awarded commission |  | Robert Douglas Sandilands | Architect | B | c. 1899 | 1904 | Second premiated competition design (£150 premium), but awarded commission |  | Thomson & Sandilands | Architectural practice | B | c. 1899 | 1904 | Second premiated competition design (£150 premium), but awarded commission |  | Edward Page Howard | Architect | A | 1900 | | First premiated competition design in collaboration with Robert Weir Schultz (£200 premium), but lost commission to Thomson & Sandilands (possibly due to cost) |  | Robert Weir Schultz | Architect | A | 1900 | | First premiated competition design in collaboration with Edward Page Howard (£200 premium), but lost commission to Thomson & Sandilands (possibly due to cost) |  | John Rogerson | Architect | C | 1900 | | Fourth premiated competition design (£50 premium) |  | Macwhannell & Rogerson | Architectural practice | C | 1900 | | Fourth premiated competition design (£50 premium) |  | Ninian Macwhannell | Architect | C | 1900 | | Fourth premiated competition design (£50 premium) |  | Glasgow Office of Public Works Architectural Department (later Glasgow Corporation City Engineer's Department) | Architectural practice | D | 1931 | | Administration block and staff accomodation (to west of entrance) converted into nurses' home - with Somers as City Engineer |  | Thomas Peter Miller Somers | Architect | D | 1931 | | Administration block and staff accomodation (to west of entrance) converted into nurses' home |  | Robert Bruce | Architect | | 1948 | | As City Engineer, for new hospital buildings |  | Cullen, Lochhead & Brown | Architectural practice | K | 1960s | | Additions and alterations? |  | George Harold Emmett Hall | Architect | K | 1960s | | Additions and alterations? |  | Lockhart Whiteford Hutson | Architect | K | 1960s | | Additions and altertions? |  | Stuart Clink | Architect | K | 1960s | | Additions and alterations? |  | James Campbell Hutchison | Architect | H | Before 1981 | | Upgrading |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Greater Glasgow Health Board | For 1970s/80s work |  | Western Regional Hospital Board | For 1960s work |
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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 | p55 |  | McKay, G | | Poorhouses & Almshouses | | | |  | Ottewill, David | 1979 | Robert Weir Schultz (1860-1951): An Arts and Crafts Architect | | Architectural History v22, 1979, pp87-115 | p102 |  | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |  | RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | | | |  | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | |  | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1904 | | | | 312 (Thomson & Sandilands) |  | Watt, O M | 1971 | Stobhill Hospital: The First 70 Years | | | |  | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p429 (nurses' home) |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | British Architect | 4 October 1901 | | | p249 with descriptive notes |  | Builder | 16 June 1900 | LXXVIII | | p591 |  | Builder | 14 July 1900 | LXXIX | | |  | Builder | 21 July 1900 | LXXIX | | p55 |  | Builder | 8 September 1900 | LXXIX | | pp214-5 |  | Builder | Early 1900 | LXXVIII | | p189 |  | Builder | 12 March 1948 | | | p322 proposed new hospital buildings |  | Builders Journal | 28 November 1906 | | | |  | Building News | 11 January 1901 | | | pxiv |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33289 | Water tower block |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33290 | Administration building |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33291 | Superintendent's house |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 52237 | Mortuary block. C listed. |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Christie: L v16 no1180; Andrew David Haxton: L v24 no1962; Robert Douglas Sandilands: F v17 p51 no1122 (microfilm reel 12); John Thomson: F v17 p55 no1124 (microfilm reel 12) |
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