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Basic Site Details
Name
Northern Hospital
Town, District or Village
Dunfermline
Parish
City or County
Fife
Status
B Listed
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
Cost of original poorhouse building c. £2,384
Cost of 1905-07 extensions £8,000-£9,000
Alternative Names
The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
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Name
Current Name
Notes
Dunfermline Poorhouse
Yes
Leys Park Nursing Home
Yes
Poorhouse probationary ward or 'The Lodge'
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
Leys Park Road
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
1843
1905
1907
Extended the original poorhouse building; extensions to kitchen and laundry block, extension to dormitories and dayrooms
Advertisement for tenders
1905/01/28
For extensions - kitchewn and laundry block
Advertisement for tenders
1905/04/08
For extensions
Advertisement for tenders
1905/05/27
For extensions to dormitories and dayrooms
Opened
1907
Extensions
Build/construction
196
Upgrading work
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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
Thomas Brown II
1843
West wing
Andrew Muirhead
A
1905
1907
Extended the original poorhouse building
Thomas Rutherford
A
1905
1908
Extended the original poorhouse building - as chief assistant to Andrew Muirhead and after Muirhead's illness/death was in charge of the job
Bamber & Hall
C
Architectural practice
196
Upgrading work
Bamber Hall & Partners
A
Architect
196
Upgrading work
Douglas Haig Bamber
C
Architect
196
Upgrading work
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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
Buckner
Northern Hospital, Dunfermline
p64
Gifford, John
1988
Fife (The Buildings of Scotland)
p190
New Statistical Account of Scotland
New Statistical Account of Scotland
Volume IX, p872
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Periodical References
The following periodicals contain references to this building:
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Periodical Name
Date
Edition
Publisher
Notes
Builder
1907
XCII
p167
Dunfermline Journal
1905/04/08
*
Builder
1905
LXXXVIII
p343
Dunfermline Journal
1905/01/28
*
Dunfermline Journal
1905/05/27
*
Architects Magazine
1907/03
VII
p85
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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
Dunfermline Burgh Office
Dunfermline Dean of Guild
Folder no 2338
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
26029
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
26031
Poorhouse probationary ward
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