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Glasgow, 286 Parliamentary Road, Lunatic Asylum
Poor House (19th Century), Psychiatric Hospital (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 286 Parliamentary Road, Lunatic Asylum
Classification Poor House (19th Century), Psychiatric Hospital (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Magdelene Asylum; Poor House; Magdelene Home
Canmore ID 163962
Site Number NS56NE 1391
NGR NS 59385 65920
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/163962
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Exact location unknown at time of upgrade 20.6.200.
Parliamentry Road and Asylum demolished.
Architect: William Stark - 1810.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Mit. Lib. 'Glasgow in Former Times' - Lithograph by James Anderson 1835.
Mit. Lib. 'Wm. Graham I' p.10 - Photograph of poor house.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Glasgow, Magdelene Home.
Architect: John Honeyman, 1865. (Although there is some uncertainty whether this is the Magdelene Home in Glasgow, or elsewhere).
