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Interior. View of corridor.
C 17849
Description Interior. View of corridor.
Date 17/11/1993
Catalogue Number C 17849
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 776414
Scope and Content Interior View of Covered Corridor, Hartwood Hospital, Shotts, North Lanarkshire (now closed and mainly demolished) This long covered corridor, one of two built in 1898, originally formed 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, 2.4m wide, was constructed with ornamental metal arches supporting a glazed roof, and with windows running the length of its sides. The asylum was constructed as a number of distinct blocks or units, each quite separate but connected by a corridor to the main central block. This arrangement physically isolated each unit, hence minimising the risk of spreading fire, a serious consideration in institutions of the time. Two long corridors, one for male patients and the other for female patients, formed the main thoroughfares, with side-corridors branching off at regular intervals to other hospital buildings. This arrangement allowed both staff and patients to walk between the different hospital units in relative comfort 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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