[Sources:Strathclyde Regional Archives, minutes: Swan,Views of Glasgow, 1829]. KNIGHTSWOOD HOSPITAL Built as the Joint Infectious Diseases Hospital for the Burghs of Maryhill, Hillhead and Partick to designs byClarke & Bell,the hospital was built in 18757. Dr R. Gibson Miller was primarily responsible for establishing a homeopathic dispensary which opened in March 1909 at No.8 Berkeley Street with financial assistance from the Houldsworth family. History of Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital 1834-1984, Parthenon Press, 1984, Related MaterialHB 28, Records of Western Regional Hospital Board, Glasgow, Scotland; HB 55 Greater Glasgow Health Board, The University of Glasgow is a registered Scottish charity: Registration Number SC004401, The University of Glasgow uses cookies for analytics and advertising. It closed in 1964 and was demolished to make way for a new Geriatric Hospital (see above). The Paying Patients wing was opened on 2 April 1931. The principal building on the site dates from 1888 and is an attractive domestic style building. . https://b99.co.uk/childrens-home/dunoon/dunclutha-childrens-home/ https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/argyll-os-name-books-1868-1878/argyll-volume-04/49 file:///C:/Users/Asus/AppData/Local/Temp/InspectionReport-128541.pdf. Wilson designed a large castellated Tudor style building mostly of two storeys, on an imposing sloping site. A handsome three-storey stone structure, built on the site of the old mansion house of Belvidere. It closed in 1964 but reopened later in the same year as an independent GP Maternity Unit. The simple polychrome of thin, horizontal bands of white amongst the red bricks created a streaky bacon effect. By 1964 it was no longer required for this purpose and the site was given over to the new unit. B. McDonald, the City Architect. I was born in Lennox Castle hospital in December 1952. This moved in 1841 to St Andrews Square until it relocated to the Rottenrow. Later radiography became a degree course and relocated to Glasgow Caledonian University. A new laundry was built in 1966. The Glasgow Lying-In Hospital and Dispensary was founded in 1834 in Greyfriars Wynd. By that time there were just geriatric patients at the hospital. My grandmothers nephew was reportedly put in an institution somewhere around 1939 or later, after his mother had passed away. Its history stretches back to 1834, when the Glasgow Lying-In Hospital was established in the Greyfriars . COWGLEN HOSPITAL, CROOKSTON (demolished) Designed byT. Somers,Glasgow City Engineer, the development of this hospital was radically affected by the outbreak of the Second World War. [Sources: Building News, 12 July 1867, p.471; 30 December 1870, p.490: Greater Glasgow Health Board Archives, plans from Common Services Agency: Scottish Record Office, plans, RHP 30861/13]. Looks as if it was a lovely building in its time. This small outpatient unit was formally a miners rehab centre run by the coal board, but when I was there was run by Lanarkshire Health Board for NHS physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy services. Four of the blocks provided 20 beds the rest 30 beds. The first hospital opened at No.5 Lynedock Crescent in May 1914. The Alice Mary Corbett Memorial Nurses Home was added to the hospital and opened on 12 April 1906. It became known as the Houldsworth Homeopathic Hospital and was intended to promote the training of homeopathic practitioners. The work was carried out byJames Munro & Sonsand the hospital was reopened on 30 May 1912 by Princess Louise and a Royal Charter granted. [Sources:Edna Robertson,The Yorkhill Story, Glasgow, 1972.]. He was to be one of the leading figures in Scottish Medicine and Hospital design at the turn of the century. We will never know why he was born in Glasgow. . The hospital underwent several changes of name from the Glasgow Royal Asylum for Lunatics, which it adopted on being granted a Royal Charter in 1824, to the Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital, in 1931, until it adopted its present {1990} name in 1963. Redlands Hospital closed in 1978. Advertisement. The Eye Infirmary finally purchased No.2 Sandyford Place in 1954. When it was inspected during the Second World War as part of the Scottish Hospitals Survey, it was found to be providing a useful service there being a general shortage of maternity beds in Glasgow and it was anticipated that it would be needed for some years to come. MONTROSE MATERNITY HOME, 42-44 Merryland Street, GOVAN A private maternity hospital, established in the early 1930s in a converted house or houses. It was intended for longstay patients suffering from severe chronic illnesses. Weather at time of my birth was bitterly cold so I suppose my dad who had no means of getting there easily, would have had to make a great effort to get there. It was originally situated in West Cumberland Street (now Ashley Street) in a converted house. My mum was in one, She was in the ward at first, then the nurses moved her bed etc., out to the veranda. Her death certificate states date and time of death at Eastern District Hospital Glasgow and has the following written underneath: It remained in use as the city poorhouse until it was finally demolished at the turn of the twentieth century. The inaugural meeting of the District Lunacy Board was held in August 1888 and the site of Gartloch purchased in January the following year, a competition was held for the plans. > Exhibitions > Glasgow Hospitals > Royal Maternity Hospital. We were protestants so sure they didnt only The 100-bed hospital consisted of three wings; a five-storey block containing wards and administration, the theatre and X-ray wings in single-storey, cul-de-sac form, and a four-storey annex for staff accommodation. Rottenrow Stock Photos and Images. The Franciscan Sisters Minoress founded in London in the 1880s had established a convent in Merryland Street in 1946, and presumably took over the maternity home when it was forced to close. [Sources:The Builder, 9 May 1896, p.407. The David Elder infirmary continued as a gynaecological unit until after 1985 before finally closing down. These buildings had a bed complement of 108 beds and contained a large lecture theatre and operating theatre for clinical teaching purposes. designed a French Gothic building which was opened on 4 May 1874 for out patients and on 18 May for inpatients with an official ceremony on 27 April. I think it was demolished and replaced by flats. In contrast the twostorey administration block has rich stone carving above the entrance. King Edward mother and baby unit. This was closed in 1941 having been damaged during an air raid. The site of Hawkhead was purchased in c.1889 and eight local architects requested to submit plans for a 400bed asylum, with an administrative section suitable for an extended asylum of 600 hundred beds. Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Mackintosh had by this date become a recognised authority on hospital construction within the medical profession and was increasingly called in to consult with the architects of new hospitals. The Infirmary was founded in 1824, opening on 7 June at No.19, Inkle Factory Lane. My family were there in 1901 census. [, This specialist hospital for skin diseases was established in 1861. https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/property/dunclutha-estate In 1959 a new twostorey extension, Henderson House was opened on 11 December, which provided 80 beds and relieved some of the overcrowding at the hospital. A dome was placed at the centre, with its drum ornamented with carved swags. It was a trip down memory lane for sure. Credits: THIS FILM IS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES, HOSPITALS, CLINICS and MEDICAL SCHOOLS, ON HIRE OR PURCHASE apply THE SECRETARY "MOVEMENT THERAPY FILMS" 299 WEST GEORGE STR., GLASGOW C2. It moved to its present site at 132 & 138 Hill Street in 1896 and an appeal was launched for funds to reconstruct the buildings in 1906. Completely new buildings were erected on the Rottenrow site in 1880/81 and a substantial extension added in 1908. Birth 27 FEB 1940 - Rottenrow Maternity Hospital Glagow. From football to fashions, Auchenshuggle to Yoker, you'll find it all here. won the competition with their design for an infirmary consisting of a series of pavilions which could be built separately as time and funds allowed. The new site was acquired in October 1926 and the buildings completed and occupied by November 1931. The poorhouse rapidly expanded. We continue to make this information available for inspection and reuse but can no longer guarantee its accuracy. The central portion contains the board room and accommodation for Doctors and Matron, while in the additions there are dormitories and sitting rooms for eighty-two nurses. The ground floor was rusticated and the outer bays had diocletian windows. It was built as an auxiliary hospital for Glasgow Royal Infirmary. TOWNS HOSPITAL (demolished) The Towns Hospital in Glasgow was founded as a workhouse at the instigation of the Town Council, the Merchants House, the Tradeshouse and the Kirk Session. It moved from Greyfriars Wynd to St Andrew's Square in 1841 and then in 1860 to the Rottenrow. Glasgow's Benefactors. The design was based on a unit built by the South Eastern Regional Hospitals Board. It was still in operation at the turn of the century by which time it provided fortytwo beds. In 1921 it was extended to provide 30 beds and in 1929 a major extension scheme was carried out after a gift of 17,000 from Peter Coats Trustees. These arches are all that remain of the hospital. Locally, this hospital was better known simply as "The Rottenrow" (after its location). Brick pilaster strips clasp the angles and each face is finished with brick panels and a prominent clock. Loved revisiting a lot of the hospitals I trained in which are no longer there, thank you. Stoneyetts therefore became a certified institution for mental defectives until Lennox Castle Institution was opened. [Sources:Medical Directory, 1904. A Southern Infirmary was first proposed in 1878 but ten years elapsed before work began on the new hospital. The site was further extended to 40 acres before the first sod was cut in April 1935. There has been some debate as to whether the Towns Hospital in Glasgow was not the first purposebuilt hospital in Scotland, but a careful reading of the minutes for that institution reveal that it was, from the first, considered to be a workhouse, albeit with some medical attendance. The original hospital buildings have since been demolished. Two important developments at Blevidere were the opening of the first Cobalt Therapy Unit in Scotland in February 1961 and in March 1973, the opening of the second Neutron Therapy Unit in Britain. A separate hospital block was provided which later became the nucleus for Foresthall Hospital. He used both antiseptic sutures and dressings to prevent wound infection, and both the mother and child survived the operation. These buildings had a bed complement of 108 beds and contained a large lecture theatre and operating theatre for clinical teaching purposes. Attached to the hospital was a nurses home of one storey, harled with half timbered gables, also built by J. J. Burnet. Officially opened on 8 September 1938, these buildings were specially designed to provide accommodation for the elderly, including married couples, which was an innovation long resisted by the Local Government Board in its poorhouses. redlands maternity hospital, glasgow. Thank you for preserving the memory of these great places of endless care and healing. Its so hard to read any assistance gratefully received. This is 1 of 2 images, with title Rottenrow Maternity Hospital in this square Rottenrow Maternity Hospital. In 1970s I trained in the Scottish Ambulance Service national Training School that had been set up at Gartloch in 1970. Lack of funds prevented any action being taken until 1864 when a teaching hospital was planned to form part of the new university buildings at Gilmorehill. It had been resolved to build a hospital on European lines, other examples of this horizontal planning already adopted in Scotland were the Astley Ainslies new buildings, Stirling Royal Infirmary and Falkirk Infirmary. Officially opened on 8 September 1938, these buildings were specially designed to provide accommodation for the elderly, including married couples, which was an innovation long resisted by the Local Government Board in its poorhouses. The Tennent Institute, designed byNorman Dickhas particularly notable sculpture byArchibald Dawson. If you require a copy of restricted records you can order a certificate. His name was Robert Terry and I would love to find some information. We are planning a visit from the U.S. to Scotland in May 2019 and would like to visit Lochwinoch. It moved in 1890 to Kingston House in Tradeston, where there was room for ten beds. THE site of the former Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, now Rottenrow Gardens, can be transformed by the University of Strathclyde, the city council has ruled. In 1899 the Council decided to build three poor law hospitals. It was constructed from red sandstone in a mixed style with Scottish Baronial and Art Nouveau elements. The wards were mostly singlestorey with 24 or 30 beds, except the observation block of two storeys which was connected to the Xray and theatre units. This contained the offices, kitchen, dining-hall, day-rooms and work-rooms as well as the accommodation for male paupers. With the Irish flooding into Glasgow and with the Irish Uprising just around the corner in the spring of 1916 his wife another plastic surgeon with highly developed skills in stitching both learned through the University of Vienna (before the war) went over to Glasgow with her two sons in 1915 essentially to visit her husband via one of the Donaldson Line ships very fast and for good reason. From this radiated four wings which contained the patients accommodation. See also Qaranc.co.uk]. The watertower, in the manner of a Flemish bell tower, dominates the whole hospital and surroundings. VICTORIA INFIRMARY A Southern Infirmary was first proposed in 1878 but ten years elapsed before work began on the new hospital. My uncle went there. The tower is crowned with stone angle turrets and a bold domed cupola. The hospital was originally called the Glasgow Lying-in Hospital and Dispensary. It was designed byRobert Tannock, and the foundation stone was laid on 23 May 1912. Most of the 1870s, baronially detailed, work has been demolished. To protect the privacy of individuals, it is not possible to view some images of statutory registers. . [SourcesNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Archives], ROYAL BEATSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, HILL STREET This specialist hospital was founded as the Glasgow Cancer Hospital, as a result of the efforts of Dr Hugh Murray. NS5965: Rottenrow Maternity Hospital. LEVERNDALE HOSPITAL, CROOKSTON ROAD Originally Govan District Asylum and later known as Hawkhead Asylum this large hospital finally changed its name to Leverndale. , from 184256, as a domestic terrace. Proof not anecdote ! If you seek information on patient records which are less than 75 years old, you must apply to the Director of Public Health Glasgow. Thanks for any information, Sometimes women went back to be near their mother or close family for their confinement, could that be the case? [Sources Medical Officer of Health Reports]. It is eight storeys high of dark grey bricks with pink tinted glazing. [A postcard of the hospital can be seen on the Mitchell Librarys Glasgow Storyweb page]. The site, on which the old Langside Cottage formerly stood, had belonged to the infirmary since 1912 and had been used as the house for the medical superintendent. Glasgow Royal Maternity and Women's Hospital (1914 - 1960), Greyfriars Wynd (1834 - 1841) The poorhouse rapidly expanded. UK Gartcosh. These extensions were commenced in 1924 and intended to provide an additional 120 beds. There are Post Office Directories for 1917-18, and 1918 that can be view online through the internet archive. We will reinstate this facility as soon as we are able.. This moved in 1841 to St Andrews Square until it relocated to the Rottenrow. Her name was Janet Wilson and she went to live with my nan in the 1970s we think as the asylum was closing down. There is a photograph of them in the book, Old Anniesland to Knightswood by Sandra Malcolm. The quantity of buildings on the site gave the whole the resemblance of a village. A clinical laboratory was opened in 1926 and a new nurses home in 1928. Subject heading of my private letter to you will read, Adam Thomsons inquiry into a Glascow hospital his great grand father helped pay for., Thank you for your comments and questions. Pain relief during childbirth was considered a privilege, not a right, and it was only the privileged who could afford this relief. Since then the site has been cleared and redeveloped with housing the old workers cottages have also been replaced. The accommodation of the hospital was greatly extended when the TB hospital was built to the rear. keep me updated. Completely new buildings were erected on the Rottenrow site in 1880/81 and a substantial extension added in 1908. By the mid-nineteenth century there were other institutions near by. ], GLASGOW HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, 29, ELMBANK CRESCENT The Glasgow Hospital for Women was established in 1877 and provided ten beds. I was born in either Stobhill or Ruchill hospital in 1954. LIGHTBURN HOSPITAL Built on the site of the old Lightburn Infectious Diseases Hospital (see below), which closed on 14 March 1964. , for Glasgow Parish Council as part of a scheme to provide a comprehensive system of poor relief. Seems a bit of a trek back in The Rottenrow Maternity Hospital will always hold a special place in many people's hearts. The reception house was designed to house 190 adults, though children were also admitted. Separate airing grounds were provided for the lower and upper classes to the rear of each wing. The Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital was founded in 1834 in Greyfriars Wynd as the Glasgow Lying-In Hospital and Dispensary. There was limited medical care available to the inmates as the Glasgow College of Surgeons and Physicians alternated in attending the hospital. Built at a cost of 100,000, it was hailed at the time as the first of its kind to be completed in Scotland. Patients were evacuated to Oakbank Hospital in January 1966. 1896.]. The hilltop site produced problems in providing an adequate water supply which necessitated the construction of the impressive watertower, which forms a distinctive landmark in the area. Outline plans were drawn up by. Analytical cookies help us improve our website. The hospital had beautiful buildings and I think the main administrative block and docotro and nurse residence is still standing though abandoned and derelict. Other additions included a bacteriology department in 1957, a premature baby and sick infants unit in 19589, the Edward unit for Mothers and Babies in 1963, Phase I of the clinical teaching centre in 1967, the pathology unit in 1968, and a new theatre suite in 1970. Her great efforts led to the introduction of self-administered anaesthetic machines into many hospitals across the country. In 1923 the prewar extension plans were returned to and updated. James Sellars died before they were completed. The East House was designed for lower class patients and the West House for high class patients. There were sixteen singlestorey ward blocks in two rows. My father was the next youngest to Pearl, then my grandparents had a baby born on the ship. taken 14 years ago, near to Glasgow, Great Britain. STOBHILL HOSPITAL Stobhill Hospital was built as a poorlaw hospital by Glasgow Parish Council at the same time as the Eastern District Hospital in Duke Street and the Western District Hospital, Oakbank. section. Hello. Any idea what the name or location might have bee? And thank you for the additional information too. Formerly the Renfrew and Clydebank Joint Infectious Diseases Hospital, it was designed by. [3], The original premises of the University of Glasgow were situated in the Rottenrow, in a building known as the "Auld Pedagogy". the hospital was built in 18757. The hospital was partially opened in January 1964, the opening ceremony taking place on 23 September by the Queen Mother. Hi All, Hopefully I am going to be allowed to find this information out, within the boards guidelines. When the Glasgow Eye Infirmary was destroyed by fire in January 1971 the allocation of beds at Gartnavel was revised. The John Freeland bequest of 40,000 allowed the completion of the original plans in 1877. Rottenrow also became internationally renowned as a leading training centre in midwifery. The front block had a tall, nine-bay, three-storey centrepiece with lower three-storey wings flanking it and four-storey pavilions at the ends. QUEEN MOTHERS HOSPITAL, YORKHILL The proposal to build a maternity hospital by the childrens hospital at Yorkhill was first made shortly after the Second World War. In 1948 the hospital was transferred to the National Health Service and in 1953 a new geriatric assessment unit was opened. [, The Glasgow Hospital for Women was established in 1877 and provided ten beds. It was still in operation at the turn of the century by which time it provided fortytwo beds. As at Ruchill, the site is dominated by a giant watertower, built mainly in brick. This was created by the General Board of Lunacy in 1888. I dont know if it took Tb cases, although I wouldnt be surprised. Hello, I know Stobhill Hospital had Verandahs. A new out-patients department was opened in 1955 and during the 1960s and 1970s considerable sums were spent on up-grading facilities and equipment. It was, of course, in early March of the following year that he died, leaving his younger brother James Adam to continue as architect to the Infirmary. | Historic Hospitals, https://www.nhsggc.org.uk/about-us/professional-support-sites/canniesburn-plastic-surgery-and-burns-unit/canniesburn-history/#, https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/property/dunclutha-estate, https://b99.co.uk/childrens-home/dunoon/dunclutha-childrens-home/, https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/argyll-os-name-books-1868-1878/argyll-volume-04/49, https://images.app.goo.gl/dzF6u2FiBmPScYXWA, The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Its Early Days. 0 Comments Comments Drumchapel Day Hospital was built to the north in the 1960s-70s, on the site of the original hospital a new facility for patients with mental health problems has been built, Surehaven Hospital, and Almond View care home has been built on the site of the 1930s ward blocks. His father put him in an institution after my great aunt passed. Two years later a new 25place day hospital was opened and work began on a new 60bed psychogeriatric unit. Named after her in her honour, a Lucy Baldwin Gas-Oxygen Analgesia Apparatus can be found with the Colleges museum collection. [Sources:Strathclyde Regional Archives:Account of Proceedings at Inspection of New Hospital for Infectious Diseases erected at Belvidere, 1877: J. We use Google Analytics. The new Govan Poorhouse was designed in 1867 byJames Thomsonand follows a similar layout to Edinburghs Craiglockhart Poorhouse, with a central poorhouse block flanked by an asylum section and a hospital section. Bon Secours did not become the Mansionhouse Unit; the Masionhouse Unit already existed, and was on the other side of the road. Custodial HistoryIn NHS custody prior to transfer. The building was practically completed when it was decided that it should be used as a general hospital instead. I have an adopted aunt, born there in 1917, to an unmarried mother. A great many alterations and additions were made to the infirmary before it was eventually demolished to make way for James Millers bulky replacement. Accrington . Further extensions were carried out including a 50 bed sanatorium which opened in December 1902 (now demolished) and in 1904 a farm workers block was completed (also now demolished), with a fine farm-steading now lying in derelict condition. In comparison, the ward pavilions are plain, but they too have elegantly shaped gables and a few of the original timber sun balconies survive. All the pits had closed by 1896. This was achieved by means of locating beds in cubicles partitioned and isolated by partly glazed screens. In 2000 the hospital went into receivership. 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