Basic Site Details
| Name: | Glasgow Royal Asylum |
| City or county: | Glasgow |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Demolished |
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| Notes: | Superseded by new asylum at Gartnavel (see separate entry), at which point the buildings were taken over by Town's Hospital in 1840 and remained thus until their demolition at the turn of the century. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum | ||
| Town's Hospital | From 1840 | |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Psychiatric hospital | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1810 | 1814 | Build/construction | |
| 12 December 1814 | Opened | ||
| c. 1830 | Plans drawn up | Plans for enlargement (thought to be unexecuted) | |
| 1840 | Taken over by Town's Hospital | ||
| Before 1880 | Addition | Heightened to three storeys | |
| 1908 | Destruction/demolition | ||
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. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| William Stark | 1810 | 1813 | Opened in 1914, after Stark's death | ||
| David Hamilton | c. 1830 | Plans for enlargement (unexecuted?) | |||
| John Weir | c. 1830 | Plans for enlargement (unexecuted?) | |||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Chapman | 1813 | The Picture of Glasgow | pp135-6 | ||
| Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | London: YUP. 4th edition | ||
| 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 An architectural and social study of the development of public lunatic asylums in Scot | Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews | vol 1, pp 60-62, 136-59 vol 3, pp 82-6 | |
| Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Strathclyde Regional Archives (Mitchell Library) | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Minutes | |