Basic Site Details Name: | Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital | Town, district or village: | Denbeath/Methil | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Linked to Wellesley coal pit by a tunnel. | 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 |  | Wellesley Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 30 March 1909 | | Foundation stone | |  | 28 August 1909 | | Opened | |  | 1950 | 1951 | Alterations and additions | Plans dates for addition of kitchen, pantry, service passage and nurses' bathroom, and extension to fuel store. |  | 15 April 1960 | | Proposed | Not started as of 1 December 1959; £128,000 est. expenditure to complete work (per Builder p747) |  | 1 December 1960 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | for extension to Randolph Weymss Memorial Hospital; £172,000 (total estimated cost), nil (probable expenditure to March 31, 1961), £30,000 (estimated expenditure in 1961-62) per Builder 14 Apr 1961 p721 |
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 |  | Alexander Tod | Architect | | 1909 | | |  | Adam Elliot Watson | Architect | B | 1950 | 1951 | Addition of kitchen, pantry, service passage and nurses' bathroom; extension to fuel store. |  | Haxton & Watson | Architectural practice | B | 1950 | 1951 | Addition of kitchen, pantry, service passage and nurses' bathroom; extension to fuel store. |  | Iain Dewar Haig | Architect | C | 1959 | 1965 | S extension - as Assistant Regional Architect designed and constructed geriatric wards. |  | John Holt | Architect | C | 1959 | 1965 | S extension |  | South East Regional Hospital Board, Architect's Department (or South Eastern Hospital Board) | Architectural Department (New Towns etc) | C | 1959 | 1965 | S extension - with John Holt as Chief Architect |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Wemyss, Lady Eva | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Fife News | 1910 | Fife News Almanac 1910 | | | |  | Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p107 |  | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Builder | 15 April 1960 | | | 'The Week in Parliament: The Hospital Building Programme' pp746-747; summarizes expenditure on hospital buildings as published in 1960-61 Civil Estimates for the National Health Service of England, Wales and Scotland, published on March 29; 17 Scottish schemes already in progress as of 1 Dec 1959, 8 works not started in Dec are reported in Builder article |  | Builder | 14 April 1961 | | | 'Civil Estimates, 1961-62: Health Estimates, The Scottish Estimates' p721 |  | Building News | | XCVII | | p362 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 22716 | |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Haxton & Watson Collection | | HW 1950/7/1-2 |  | Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | Canmore | 122063 | |
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