Basic Site Details
| Name: | Western General Hospital, Neurosurgical Department |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
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Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Department of Surgical Neurology | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Hospital block | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1954 | 1960 | Build/construction | will ultimately be connected to proposed new hospital sited to north-east |
| 27 May 1960 | Completion | 60-bed in-patient unit, incl treatment areas and 2 neurosurgical operating theatres (3-storey theatre wing); 6-storey ward block on N-S axis - lower ground floor accomodates engineering, plant, staff rooms, remedial treatment depts, incl hydrotherapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy; post-operative ward unit has 4 four-bed wards and 4 single-bed wards with toilet, duty room, kitchen, equipment and linen stores, treatment room and 2 day-rooms, with doctors' room, exam room and sister's office situated nr entrance; large x-ray suite links operating theatre and ward block at ground level; exterior treatments on main block: Westmorland green slate, plum coloured Dunbrik and Blaxter stone; east elevation - Derbyshire white quartz aggregate with black slate sills; theatre wing - mahogany cladding per Builder pp1042-1045 | |
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 | |
| John Holt | A | 1954 | As Chief Architect to the South East Regional Hospital Board | ||
| South East Regional Hospital Board, Architect's Department (or South Eastern Hospital Board) | A | 1954 | With John Holt as Chief Architect | ||
| Blyth & Blyth | 1960(?) | civil engineers | |||
| William Ritchie Wellwood | 1960 | 'has played large part' per Builder | |||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p532 | |
| Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | p603 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 3 June 1960 | 'Department of Surgical Neurology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh' pp1042-1045; includes site plan, floor plans and interior and exterior photographs | ||