Basic Site Details Name: | Eastern District Hospital | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Competition assessed by John James Burnet and Dr Mackintosh, who favoured the design by Alex Cullen and James Lochhead; however, the commission went to the 3rd-placed architect, Alfred Hessell Tiltman. Cullen was then instructed to adapt his design for the Western District Hospital (see separate entry).
Established as a Poor Law hospital along with Western District Hospital and Stobhill Hospital - all opened on same day. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Duke Street Hospital | | |
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 |  | 247-249, Duke Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1900 | | | Competition held |  | 1901 | | Design exhibited | Tiltman design |  | 15 September 1904 | | Opened | |
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 |  | Alfred Hessel Tiltman | Architect | | 1900 | 1904 | Placed third in competition but was awarded commission (see Notes) |  | James Salmon & Son | Architectural practice | A | 1900 | | Competition design - not successful |  | James Salmon (junior) | Architect | A | 1900 | | Competition design - not successful |  | John Gaff Gillespie | Architect | A | 1900 | | Competition design - not successful |  | William Forrest Salmon | Architect | A | 1900 | | Competition design - not successful |  | John Thomson | Architect | B | 1900 | | Competition design - not successful (placed second) |  | Robert Douglas Sandilands | Architect | B | 1900 | | Competition design - not successful (placed second) |  | Thomson & Sandilands | Architectural practice | B | 1900 | | Competition design - not successful (placed second) |  | Alexander Cullen | Architect | C | 1900 | | Competition design - not successful, but secured Cullen the commission for the Western District Hospital (see Notes) |  | James Lochhead | Architect | C | 1900 | | Competition design - not successful, but secured Cullen and Lochhead the commission for the Western District Hospital (see Notes) |  | John Baxter | Architect | H | 1901 | | Competition design? May not have submitted design but be clerk of works perhaps? |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Glasgow Parish Council | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Academy Architecture | 1901 | | Part 2 | | pp24, 25 (Tiltman design) |  | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1901, no 1626 |  | McKay, G | | Poorhouses & Almshouses | | | |  | Mireylees, Suzanne | 2005 | In the shadow of Gartloch: The life and work of John Thomson & Robert Douglas Sandilands | | Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews | |  | O'Donnell, Raymond | 2003 | The life and work of James Salmon architect, 1873-1924 | | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | p137 |  | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Duke Street Hospital |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Builder | 19 October 1901 | | | p350 |  | Builders Journal | 28 November 1906 | | | |  | Building News | 6 September 1901 | | | p315 with notes, plans and illustrations (Tiltman design) |  | Building News | 20 December 1901 | | | p858- contracts |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Glasgow City Archives, Mitchell Library | Eastern District Parish Council Minuutes | | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33896 | 247-249 (Odd Nos) Duke Street, Former Duke Street Hospital |
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