Basic Site Details Name: | Haddington District Asylum, ancillary building and North Lodge | Town, district or village: | Haddington | City or county: | East Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | All parts C Listed. Civic Trust Commendation for Peter Womersley work, 1968.
Haddington (N.B).—For the execution of the excavations, masons' and bricklayers' works, carpenters' and joiners' works, slaters', plasterers', and plumbers' work, in the erection of the Haddington District Lunatic Asylum. Plans, etc, with W L Moffat Esq, architect, 4, Fettes-row, Edinburgh, and Henry M Davidson, County-buildings, Haddington, to July 22, and tenders are to be lodged with Mr. Davidson, by 12 noon of July 24. [Building News 19 July 1861 p614} | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | County Lunatic Asylum | Yes | | | Herdmandflat Hospital | Yes | | | Herdmanflat Hospital | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Psychiatric hospital | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Aberlady Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1859 | | | | | April 1860 | | | Drawings dated | | July 1861 | | Contracts advertised | | | 1890 | | | Additions | | 1963 | 1965 | Tenders invited | Psychiatric admission unit. Womersley's Nomination Papers give date as 1962-64 |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Architects Engineers and Building Trades Directory | 1868 | Architect's, Engineer's and Building Trades' Directory | | London, Wyman | | | Darragh, Alison | 2011 | Prison or Palace? Heaven or Hell? An architectural and social study of the development of public lunatic asylums in Scot | | Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews | vol 2, pp 232-4 vol 3, pp 99-102 | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p602 | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Herdmandflat Hospital |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 19 July 1861 | | | p614 - contracts | | Building News | 8 September 1905 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 48292 | Hospital | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 48293 | Ancillary Building | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 48294 | North Lodge | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | | Drawings dated April 1860 DPM 1860/120 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson Collection | | SMW 1890/14/1 |
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