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Basic Site Details
Name
Princess Margaret Rose Hospital (Included Clinical and Nurses' Training Unit)
Town, District or Village
Parish
City or County
Edinburgh
Status
Demolished
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
Was B Listed.
Alternative Names
The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
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Name
Current Name
Notes
Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital
Yes
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Building Type Classification
The building is classified under the following categories:
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Classification
Original Classification
Notes
Hospital
Not Known
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Street Addresses
The following street addresses are associated with this building:
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Address
Current Address
Notes
Frogston Road West
Yes
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Events
The following date-based events are associated with this building:
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Event Type
From
To
Notes
Construction
1929
1932
First two wards
Opened
1932
Third ward
1936
Fourth ward
Proposed
1952
Proposal for £100,000 addition
Addition
1952/09/05
Dean of Guild Court grants approval for two new hospital ward units and a service link unit, costing approximately £100,000 - to be two-storey, prefabricated construction, linked to main hospital by a corridor
Addition
1960
1968
Additions - including Clinical Unit (1960-65), lecture theatre, prosthetic department. theatre block (1967), plant room, and nurses\' recreation hall (1968).
Damage
2002
Fire damage
Destruction/demolition
2003
Demolition Proposed for the Morris and Steedman prosthetics clinic. Plans to redevelop the site with 103 luxury appartements and detached houses, designed by Malcolm Fraser for Bryant Homes.
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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.
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Person
Partnership Group
Role
From
To
Notes
Ian Gordon Lindsay
A
1929
1930
Designed nurses' home, as assistant to Fairlie; completed by Fairlie after he left
Reginald Francis Joseph Fairlie
A
1929
1939
Stewart Kaye & Walls
Architectural practice
1952
James Shepherd Morris
B
Architect
1960
1968
Additions, including Clinical Unit, lecture theatre and prosthetic department
Morris & Steedman
B
Architectural practice
1960
1968
Additions, including Clinical Unit, lecture theatre and prosthetic department
Robert Russell Steedman
B
Architect
1960
1968
Additions, including Clinical Unit, lecture theatre and prosthetic department
Malcolm Fraser
A
Architect
2003
Scheme designed for the redevelopment of the Prosthetics Clinic, to include 103 flats and detached houses. Unclear if carried out.
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Clients
The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
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Name
Notes
South Regional Hospital Board
1952 addition
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Related Buildings, Structures and Designs
References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this building:
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Author
Year
Title
Part
Publisher
Notes
Bailey, Rebecca M
1996
Scottish architects' papers: a source book
Edinburgh: The Rutland Press
p131
Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M
1984
Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland)
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd
pp74, 568
Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A
1996
A History of Scottish Architecture
p585
Nuttgens, Patrick
1959
Reginald Fairlie 1883-1952: A Scottish Architect
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd
p42 (Nuttgens is not quite correct in referring to completion of nurses' home: this was designed by his assistant Ian G Lindsay under Fairlie's supervision and completed by Fairlie after Lindsay left)
RSA
1934
582
Richardson, Harriet
n.d.
Scottish Hospitals Survey
Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive)
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Periodical References
The following periodicals contain references to this building:
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Periodical Name
Date
Edition
Publisher
Notes
Architect and Building News
1935
Jul-Dec
p110
Lancet
1929/03/20
*
Builder
1952/09/05
p349
Edinburgh Evening News
2003/5/15
Heritage Groups Try to Stop Developer Demolishing Hispital Wing, by Brian Ferguson
Architectural Review
1986/08
CXL, 834
p92
Builder
1952/01/18
p137
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Archive References
The following archives hold material relating to this building:
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Source
Name
Cat Number
Item Name
Notes
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
30327
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