Basic Site Details Name: | Glasgow Eye Infirmary | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | See separate entry for Sandyford Place, designed as a domestic terrace by Brown & Carrick in 1842-56 and bought for conversion as part of hospital between 1931 and 1954.
See separate entry for Dispensary by A N Paterson in Charlotte Street East.
Information about the 1935 work from Alfred Lochhead. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Hospital | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 174, Berkeley Street | Yes | | | 50, Claremont Street | | | | 3,4,5,6, Sandyford Place | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1872 | 1874 | | Original John Burnet Senior infirmary in Claremont Street | | 1873 | | Design exhibited | Original design | | 1893 | | | Alterations | | 1931 | | | No 5 Sandyford Place acquired for extension | | 1934 | 1935 | | Nos 3, 4, and 6 Sandyford Place acquired for extension | | 1935 | | | Internal reconstruction of Burnet building and reconstruction of houses in Sandyford Place with new attic | | 1954 | | | No 2 Sandyford Place acquired for extension | | c. 1980(?) | | Alterations and additions | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe 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 | | John Burnet (senior) | | A | 1872 | | | | (Sir) John Burnet, Tait & Lorne | | B | 1935 | | Internal reconstruction of Burnet building and reconstruction of houses in Sandyford Place with new attic | | Francis Lorne | | B | 1935 | | Internal reconstruction of Burnet building and reconstruction of houses in Sandyford Place with new attic | | Ludovic Gordon Farquhar | | B | 1935 | | Internal reconstruction of Burnet building and reconstruction of houses in Sandyford Place with new attic | | Thomas Smith Tait | | B | 1935 | | Internal reconstruction of Burnet building and reconstruction of houses in Sandyford Place with new attic | | William T Davie & Associates | | C | c. 1980 | | Alterations? | | William Tait Davie | | C | c. 1980 | | Alterations? |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Glasgow Contemporaries | 1901 | Glasgow Contemporaries at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century | | | | | Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1873 | | | | 641 | | RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | | | | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | | | Thomson, A M Wright | 1963 | The Glasgow Eye Infirmary, 1824-1962 | | Glasgow | | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p290 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 7 June 1872 | | | p455 |
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