Huntly, Gladstone Road, Alexander Scott's Hospital
Hospital (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Huntly, Gladstone Road, Alexander Scott's Hospital
Classification Hospital (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 188122
Site Number NJ53NW 118
NGR NJ 53220 39670
NGR Description Centred NJ 53220 39670
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/188122
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Huntly
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Scott's Hospital, Gladstone Road, 1901, A Marshall Mackenzie. Fronts earlier symmetrical group by William Smith, 1853, 1860,1868 in harled Scots Baronial which includes pair of circular towers with conical slated roofs with pronounced bellcast. (Built from bequest of Alexander Scott of Craibstone House for the maintenance of aged men and women.) Ambitious symmetrical design in Scots-Perpendicular. Centre block dominated by square crenellated 'porte-cochère' tower in his Marischal College (see 'Aberdeen' in this series) manner. Two-storey advanced wings. In roughly squared granite blocks of varying size with Auchindoir freestone dressings.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ53NW 118 centred on 53220 39670
Not to be confused with Jubilee Hospital, for which see NJ53NW 75.
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