House Of Daviot Hospital
House (19th Century), House (18th Century)
Site Name House Of Daviot Hospital
Classification House (19th Century), House (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Old House Of Glack; Daviot Hospital, Nurses Home
Canmore ID 76753
Site Number NJ72NW 68
NGR NJ 74212 28415
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/76753
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Daviot
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Old House of Glack, 1723. Rather barrack-like, three-storey-and-attic, five-window house originally built for John
Elphinstone, with chamfered openings, skewputs and capacious chimneys at gables with deep moulded copes. Altered 1889, Matthews & Mackenzie to form nurses' home for adjacent asylum. Rear wing, 1934, G Bennet Mitchell.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NMRS REFERENCE:
The original part of the hospital complex was the mansion house of the estate of Glack which was built in 1723 and used as a nurses' house with alterations in 1889 and 1934. The new Mansion House was built in 1870. The old house of Glack was acquired in 1887 by the Royal Mental Hospital, Aberdeen.
(Source - Aberdeenshire 3rd. Statistical Account. Published in 1960.)
