Basic Site Details Name: | Gray's Hospital | Town, district or village: | Elgin | City or county: | Morayshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | CHECK details of Watson article in AHSS journal | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Dr Gray's Hospital | | Incorrect version of name |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Hospital | | | | Lodge | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Pluscarden Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1815 | 1819 | Construction | | | 1833 | 1834 | Repair | | | 1836 | 1840 | | Proposed alterations | | 1887 | | | Lodge built | | 1907 | | | Reconstruction | | 1936 | 1939 | Addition | Block to right of main building | | 1992 | 1998 | Addition | |
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 | | James Gillespie Graham | | | 1815 | 1819 | | | John Page | | B | 1833 | 1834 | Repairs | | James McBride (or MacBride) | | | 1836 | 1840 | Acted as executant architect for William Burn on alterations | | William Burn | | | 1836 | 1840 | Alterations | | A & W Reid | | A | 1887 | | Lodge - probably used a design by their uncle, William Robertson | | Alexander Reid | | A | 1887 | | Lodge - probably used a design by his uncle, William Robertson | | William Reid | | A | 1887 | | Lodge - probably used a design by his uncle, William Robertson | | John Wittet | | | 1907 | | Reconstruction | | Thomas W Turnbull | | H | 1936 | 1939 | Block to right of main building added | | Mackie Ramsay & Taylor | | D | 1992 | 1998 | Rear additions. Not sure which partners are in the practice int his date. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Gray, Alexander - naval surgeon | Bequeathed £20,000 for foundation of hospital on his death on 26 July 1807 |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | Information about Page per Elizabeth Beaton | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | | | Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray | | Yale University Press | pp454, 590 | | Watson, F | 1989 | 'Every district should have one': Pioneer Hospitals in the Scottish Highlands | | Journal of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland, no 16, p50 | | | Young, R | 1879 | Annals of the Parish and Burgh of Elgin | | Elgin | pp251, 400 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Grampian Health Board | Grampian Health Board Archives | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 30865 | Pluscarden Road, Lodge to Gray's Hospital | | Location not ascertained at present | Minutes of Gray's Hospital | | Minutes 21 July 1836 - 9 March 1840 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Wittet: L v26, no 2160 |
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