Basic Site Details

Name: The Peel
Town, district or village: Clovenfords
City or county: Selkirkshire
Country: Scotland
Parish: Caddonfoot
Status:  
Grid ref:
Notes: New laboratory and X-ray block cost £40,000, Theatre service centre cost £76,162

Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
 NameCurrent name?Notes
Item 1 of 3Peel Emergency Hospital During Second World War
Item 2 of 3Peel HouseYes 
Item 3 of 3The Peel Hospital After Second World War

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 419041906  
Item 2 of 41939  Converted to nurses' home in emergency hospital and huts built in grounds
Item 3 of 4After 1945  Later returned to domestic use
Item 4 of 419731974AdditionTheatre service 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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 13Harold Ogle Tarbolton A19041906With George Beattie & Son as builders and Arnott McLeod as contractor
Item 2 of 13John Kinross A19041906With George Beattie & Son as builders and Arnott McLeod as contractor
Item 3 of 13Kinross & Tarbolton A19041906With George Beattie & Son as builders and Arnott McLeod as contractor
Item 4 of 13Scott Morton & Co (later Scott Morton & Tynecastle Co Ltd; finally Scott Morton Ltd) A19041906Interior woodwork
Item 5 of 13John Ross McKay B1939 Converted to emergency hospital and huts built in grounds
Item 6 of 13Richardson & McKay B1939 Converted to emergency hospital and huts built in grounds - McKay responsible
Item 7 of 13Harry Horace Macdonald CDecember 1955November 1957New laboratory and X-ray block cost £40,000 - architect in charge
Item 8 of 13Robert Forbes Hutchison CDecember 1955November 1957New laboratory and X-ray block cost £40,000 - as senior partner
Item 9 of 13Walter Alison & Hutchison CDecember 1955November 1957New laboratory and X-ray block
Item 10 of 13Aitken & Turnbull D19731974Theatre service centre
Item 11 of 13John Millar D19731974Theatre service centre
Item 12 of 13Joseph Murray Aitken D19731974Theatre service centre
Item 13 of 13Ronald W Laidlaw D19731974Theatre service centre

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 3Borders Health BoardClient for 1970s work
Item 2 of 3Craigmyle, Lord 
Item 3 of 3Ovens, William R - seedmerchant, of LeithOriginal client

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 6Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard2006Borders (The Buildings of Scotland) New Haven and London: Yale University Presspp 635-6
Item 2 of 6Mays, Deborah Life and Works of John Kinross Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews 
Item 3 of 6RIBA1975RIBA Directory of practices   
Item 4 of 6Richardson, HarrietN.D.Scottish Hospitals Survey Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive)Listed as The Peel Hospital
Item 5 of 6RSA1909   408
Item 6 of 6Strang, Charles Alexander1994Borders and Berwick: An Illustrated Architectural Guide  p221

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2RIBA JournalOctober 1947v54London: Royal Institute of British Architectsp619 - obituary of Harold Ogle Tarbolton
Item 2 of 2Scotsman13 May 1907  Report of EAA visit

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 4Historic Environment ScotlandListed Buildings Register1904 
Item 2 of 4National Library of ScotlandJohn Kinross Notebooks and MSS Photographs etc
Item 3 of 4National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMSDick Peddie and McKay Collection Drawings
Item 4 of 4National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMSScott Morton (formerly Peter Miller) Collection, RIAS Letterbooks