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Basic Site Details
Name
Ayrshire Central Hospital
Town, District or Village
Irvine
Parish
City or County
Ayrshire
Status
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
Built to replace old infectious diseases hospitals scattered around the county.
Cost: c.£400,000. 436 beds
Cost of 1960 additions £23,000
Building Type Classification
The building is classified under the following categories:
Class classic
Classification
Original Classification
Notes
Hospital
Not Known
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Street Addresses
The following street addresses are associated with this building:
Str Add classic
Address
Current Address
Notes
Kilwinning Road
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Events
The following date-based events are associated with this building:
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Event Type
From
To
Notes
Journal reference
1937
Opened
1941/10/18
Alteration/conversion
1952/10/10
Pavilion to be converted to cubicles
Addition
1952/10/10
Plans prepared for new verandah
Addition
1960
Admission wing and teaching accommodation, maternity section.
Build/construction
1975b
1978
Area Laundry
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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
Ayr County Architect's Office
A
1935
1941
Robert Govan Lindsay responsible
Robert Govan Lindsay
A
1935
1941
Claims responsibility for design - working in County Architect's Office
William Reid
A
1935
As County Architect, overseeing project
Duncan Gilmour MacFarlane
E
Architect
1960
Admission wing and teaching accommodation, maternity section.
Hay, Steel MacFarlane & Partners
E
Architectural practice
1960
Admission wing and teaching accommodation, maternity section.
John Calderwood Robertson
E
Architect
1960
Admission wing and teaching accommodation, maternity section.
John Cassidy Curley
E
Architect
1960
Admission wing and teaching accommodation, maternity section.
Malcolm Stewart Hume
E
Architect
1960
Admission wing and teaching accommodation, maternity section.
Alistair Robertson Whitelaw (or Alexander Robertson Whitelaw)
D
Architect
1975B
1978
Area Laundry
Archibald Macintosh Doak
D
Architect
1975B
1978
Area Laundry
Ross, Doak & Whitelaw
D
Architectural practice
1975B
1978
Area laundry
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Clients
The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
client classic
Name
Notes
Northern Ayr Hospital Board
1952, alterations and addtition and 1960 additions
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Related Buildings, Structures and Designs
References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this building:
bio ref classic
Author
Year
Title
Part
Publisher
Notes
Close, Rob and Riches, Anne
2012
The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran
New Haven and London: Yale University Press
p381
RIBA
1970
RIBA Directory 1970
RIBA
1975
RIBA Directory of practices
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
Ayrshire Post
1941/10/24
*
Architect and Building News
1937/06/18
*
p359
Builder
1952/10/10
p528
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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
RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum
RIBA Nomination Papers
Robert Govan Lindsay: F no4736 (combined box 32)
National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO)
Ayrshire and Arran Health Board
Souvenir brochure of opening, 1941; site plan
Chris Doak
Information via website
Sent July 2007
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
35452
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