Basic Site Details
| Name: | Cowane's Hospital |
| Town, district or village: | Stirling |
| City or county: | Stirling |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | A listed |
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| Notes: | Building dated 1639. Built to the designs of John Mylne by a Stirling mason. Although the E-plan was unusual for Scotland, the architectural character of the building was traditional with restrained Mannerist detailing. John Laye, Plan of the Town and Castle of Stirling (1740). 1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1858).R G Cant & I G Lindsay, Old Stirling (1948) p13; Old Statistical Account of Scotland Vol VIII p285. New Statistical Account of Scotland Vol VIII p423. National Art Survey of Scotland (1921) Vol I Part III, Plates 50-53. John Gifford and Frank Arneil Walker, The Buildings of Scotland - Stirling And Central Scotland (2002) pp707-9. J G Harrison, Building Cowane's Hospital, Stirling 1636-50, Journal of the Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group, No 33 (2009-10). Benjamin Tindall Architects, Cowane's 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 | |
| 47, 49, St John Street | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1634 | 1661 | Build/construction | |
| 1852 | Reconstruction | ||
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 | |
| James Rhynd | A | 1634 | 1661 | ||
| John Mylne junior | C | 1634 | 1661 | Provided design | |
| Francis Mackison | D | 1852 | Remodelling | ||
| William Mackison | D | 1852 | Remodelling- possibly involved as assistant | ||
References
Bibliographic References
| The 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 | ||
| Gifford, John and Walker, Frank Arneil | 2002 | Stirling and Central Scotland (The Buildings of Scotland) | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | pp707-9. | |
| Goose, Nigel, Caffrey, Helen and Langley | 2106 | The British Almshouse: new perspectives on philanthropy, ca 1400-1914 | FACHRS | pp194-198 | |
| MacGibbon and Ross | Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland | Volume IV, pp76-7 (illustration and floor plan). | |||
| RCAHMS | Inventory of Stirlingshire | pp289-92 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 41101 | 47, 49 St John Street, Cowane's Hospital |