Basic Site Details
| Name: | Lynebank Mental Hospital |
| Town, district or village: | Dunfermline |
| City or county: | Fife |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Cost £1.25m. Cost given in RIBA Nomination Paper £1,728,000. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Lynebank MD Hospital | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Hospital | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Halbeath Road | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1965 | 1969 | Build/construction | |
| October 1969 | Completion | First phase. May 1969 given as completion date of first phase in RIBA Nomination Paper of Harry Macdonald. | |
| 1970s | Build/construction | Workshop added | |
| 1972 | Alterations and additions | ||
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 | |
| Alison & Hutchison & Partners | A | 1965 | 1969 | ||
| Douglas Hislop Herd | A | 1965 | 1969 | ||
| George Gilroy Graham | A | 1965 | 1969 | ||
| Harry Horace Macdonald | A | 1965 | 1969 | Partner in charge | |
| Robert Forbes Hutchison | A | 1965 | 1969 | ||
| John Alexander Thornton Dickson | A | 1970s | Workshop added | ||
| A B Allan | B | 1970s | Workshop added | ||
| A B Allan & Co | B | 1970s | Workshop added | ||
| Albert Charles Stevens | B | 1970s | Workshop added | ||
| Bamber Gray & Partners | C | 1972 | Unspecified work | ||
| Ernest William Lovett | C | 1972 | Unspecified work | ||
| Gilbert Andre Gray | C | 1972 | Unspecified work | ||
| James Robertson Laidlaw | C | 1972 | Unspecified work | ||
| John William Fyfe | C | 1972 | Unspecified work | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Fife Health Board | Client for 1970s work |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | p190 | ||
| RIBA | 1972 | RIBA Directory 1972 | |||
| RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | |||
| RIBA | 1980 | Directory of Practices 1980 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of James Robertson Laidlaw | Information sent to Dictionary | Sent May 2010 | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | Harry Horace Macdonald: F no7158 (Combined Box 176) | |