Glasgow, Western Infirmary, Workshops
Maintenance Workshop (Late 19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Western Infirmary, Workshops
Classification Maintenance Workshop (Late 19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Former Stable
Canmore ID 352095
Site Number NS56NE 5127
NGR NS 56456 66762
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/352095
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Project (4 May 2016 - 10 June 2016)
NS 56450 66655 (centred) Pre-demolition Basic survey of 23 individual buildings associated with the former Western General Hospital, University of Glasgow Gilmore Hill Campus. Five of the buildings are Grade B Listed. External and internal photographic survey carried out to provide appropriate mitigation for Stage 2 Architectural Watching Brief during demolition.
Information from M. Cressey - CFA Archaeology Ltd.
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-256203
Standing Building Recording (4 May 2016 - 10 June 2016)
The workshop and stores date to c.1880s and comprise a rectangular block with both brick built and ashlar-built structures. The brick-built section has a c.1990s flat roofed annex, last used for storing clinical gas, attached to its east end.
The south-facing elevation of the 1880s block has ashlar and brick-built walls with a slate roof with wide projecting eaves. The fenestration includes three bays with double leaved doors surmounted by four-paned windows. The slate roof is broken by ashlar ridge copings between which roof lights run the full length of the slate roof. At the eastern end, the workshop has a hipped roof with a cupola covered with a leaded roof and ball finial.
The western end of the workshop is built of snecked sandstone with a large segmented arched-opening with large sliding doors below. On the east side of the arched doorway are four large mullioned windows with 4-over-2 sash-and-case windows. On the west side of the arched doorway is a first floor loading bay with hoisting beam above a double-leafed doorway on the ground floor. The roof is slated with clearstory ridge lights.
The curved west-facing gable contains six bays with five uniform casement windows surmounted by three smaller windows. The south end of the elevation contains a mullioned 8- paned window. The slate roof is hipped. The north-facing elevation shares the same roof configuration as the south-facing elevation but it is stone-built throughout and has at least 16 bays with sash-and-case windows.
Information from M. Cressey - CFA Archaeology Ltd.
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-256203
