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Glasgow, 82-86 Castle Street, Royal Infirmary, Main Blocks

Hospital (20th Century)

Site Name Glasgow, 82-86 Castle Street, Royal Infirmary, Main Blocks

Classification Hospital (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 84 Castle Street; Robert And James Dick Block; Templeton Block; Jubilee Block; Cathedral Square; Vicar's Alley

Canmore ID 141443

Site Number NS66NW 59

NGR NS 60178 65658

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Sir Basil Spence

Building Notes

In March 1960, Basil Spence & Partners were invited to act as architects for a proposed new extension to the Royal Infirmary in Glasgow. The new building, located adjacent to the existing hospital, was to house teaching departments for gynecology, medicine and surgery together with ophthalmological wards and out-patient facilities, a biochemistry department and a canteen. As erected, the cluster of buildings take the form of geometric blocks disposed over a series of raised platforms. The project is often referred to as phase one of what was intended to be a complete replacement of the GRI buildings. However, they were not completed until 1983 and the second phase was abandoned.

Archive Details

The Sir Basil Spence Archive holds one manuscript file for this project containing correspondence, minutes of a meeting and a schedule of the accommodation required by the new building. There are also five photographs of the architects’ model for a preliminary scheme. Information about the building can also be found in the Edinburgh Accounts file, MS 2329/X/14/4, which forms part of the Sir Basil Spence Archive.

The Spence, Glover & Ferguson Collection, also held by RCAHMS, contains nine drawings and a large amount of photographic material.

This text was written as one of the outputs of the Sir Basil Spence Archive Project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, 2005-08.

Archaeology Notes

NS 6023 6586 An evaluation was carried out in August 2004 in advance of a proposed car park. Numerous building foundations were identified, dated to the 19th century, many on the 1st edition OS map. A tunnel or drain, most likely related to the Monklands Canal Basin, constructed by 1782 and located to the N of the area, was identified in the northern part of the development area.

No original ground surfaces were identified, and it would appear that there has been extensive landscaping and terracing over the entire area. As a result, no remains dating to before the 18th or 19th centuries were identified.

Report lodged with WoSAS SMR and the NMRS.

Sponsors: Impreglio New Cross Ltd, Raynesway Construction.

K Dingwall 2004.

Architecture Notes

NS66NW 59.01 NS 60140 65666 Accident and Emergency including Lister lecture theatre

NS66NW 59.02 NS 60183 65786 Clocktower

NS66NW 59.03 NS 60191 65789 88a - 92 Castle Street

NS66NW 59.04 NS 60176 65780 Gateway

NS66NW 59.05 NS 60295 65722 Nurses Home

NS66NW 59.06 NS 60316 65645 Nurses Home

Successor to NS66NW 86, which previously stood on this site.

Architect:

James Miller 1914 Operating theatre

REFERENCE:

University of Glasgow Library Archives

James Miller 1914 - plans

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