Basic Site Details Name: | Barony Parochial Asylum | Town, district or village: | Lenzie | City or county: | Lanarkshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost: £17,398.
B Listed prior to partial demolition.
The listing for the site however remains live as some structures remain, although much reduced .These are the:
- Clocktower
- Admin Block
See Buildings at Risk register http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/search/order/1/name_of_building/woodilee/
The overall site is [2013] being redeveloped as a housing estate with the clocktower and aministration building being incorporated into the 900 homes Cala development called Woodilee Village. Much of the new build housing is already constructed.
Small lodge building associated with the original hospital site latterly in use as Larkfield Mental Health centre. It is now separated from the old hospital site following the construction of a new road. Buildings of Scotland refers to it as a Jacobean Lodge dated 1874 (p601)
| Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Woodilee Asylum | | | | Woodilee Hospital | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Asylum | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Garngaber Avenue (off) | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1871 | 1875 | Construction | Began with linking blocks and wings | | c. 1871 | | | Competition held | | 4 October 1872 | | Foundation stone | | | 22 October 1875 | | Opened | | | 1891 | 1892 | | Additions - two-storey central block and towers | | 1898 | | | Enlargements | | 1900 | | | Villa for children | | 1902 | | | Design for a village asylum - not built | | 1902 | 1904 | | Nurses' home and pathological unit | | 1939 | | | Extension to nurses' home; new reception house and sanatorium, operating theatre, dental surgery and laboratory | | c. 1975 | | Alterations and additions | Upgrading and modernisation. | | 2000 | | Closed | Closed and demolished |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Barony Parish of Glasgow | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Buildings at Risk register | | Buildings at Risk register | | | | | Darragh, Alison | 2011 | Prison or Palace? Heaven or Hell? An architectural and social study of the development of public lunatic asylums in Scot | | Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews | vol 1, frontispiece, p108; vol 2, pp 239-41; vol 3, pp 38-40 | | Gifford, John and Walker, Frank Arneil | 2002 | Stirling and Central Scotland (The Buildings of Scotland) | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p601 | | Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1873 | | | | 657 | | O'Donnell, Raymond | 2003 | The life and work of James Salmon architect, 1873-1924 | | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | p137 | | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Woodilee Hospital | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1905 | | | | 435 (Salmon design for nurses' home and pathological block) | | RSA | 1872 | | | | 821 | | Sibbald, John, Sir | 1897 | On the plans of Modern Asylums for the Insane Poor | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builders Journal | 28 December 1904 | | | | | Building News | 28 July 1871 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Ayrshire Archives (from February 2007) | Darley- Hay Partnership archive | | James Salmon sketch plans | | Greater Glasgow Health Board Archives | Greater Glasgow Health Board Archives | | Plans (Woodilee Hospital Building Department) | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 13075 | Lenzie, Woodilee Hospital Main Block with Towers | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Letters from James Salmon Jun to Hugh Salmon (per Hugh's daughter Mrs Anne Francis, Christchurch, NZ | | Letter to Hugh Salmon 25 January 1903 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Andrew Francis Stewart Bryden: L v16 no1152; Robert Whitelaw Caldwell: L v23 no1873; James Salmon: F v5 p54, microfiche 88/G5; James Salmon (Junior): F v18 p11 no1180 (microfilm reel 12); William Forrest Salmon: F v5 p56, microfiche 89/A4 | | Strathclyde Regional Archives (Mitchell Library) | Strathclyde Regional Archives | | D HEW 2 18(1) |
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