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Interior. View of corridor to N of main block.
C 17835
Description Interior. View of corridor to N of main block.
Date 17/11/1993
Catalogue Number C 17835
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 776407
Scope and Content Interior View of Covered Corridor, Hartwood Hospital, Shotts, North Lanarkshire (now closed and mainly demolished) This long stone built corridor, constructed in 1898, was built as a link from the main hospital building to a large dormitory block, also constructed in 1898, at the rear of the hospital, and now demolished. The corridor is 2.4m wide, with ornamental metal arches supporting a glazed roof, and windows running the length of its sides. Short side-corridors branch off at regular intervals to give access to other hospital buildings, such as the church (right). This main corridor formed a covered passageway which allowed staff and patients to walk in relative comfort from one hospital unit to another. The hospital had two main corridors, one for male patients and the other for female patients, with side-corridors branching off at regular intervals to give access to other buildings. Hence the patient transport system was totally under cover, allowing access to the dining hall and recreation facilities in the main block irrespective of the weather. Hartwood Hospital, a large Baronial-style building with imposing twin towers, was designed by the architect, John L Murray of Biggar (d.1909), and occupied one of the largest hospital sites in Scotland. It was built as the District Asylum for Lanark and opened in 1895 with accommodation for 500 lunatic patients. Between 1898 and 1916 additions included two large ward blocks, each linked to the rear of the main building by a covered corridor, a sanatorium for the isolation of patients suffering from tuberculosis, and a new admission hospital. In 1931 a new nurses' home, designed by the architect, James Lochhead (1870-1942), opened to the south of the complex, and in c.1935, a new site was developed at nearby Hartwood Hill in response to the growing need for accommodation for mentally handicapped adults. The hospital is now closed and mainly demolished. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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