Glasgow, Balornock Road, Stobhill General Hospital
Hospital (First World War), Hospital (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Balornock Road, Stobhill General Hospital
Classification Hospital (First World War), Hospital (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mckinnon House; Glasgow Parish Hospital
Canmore ID 70559
Site Number NS66NW 48
NGR NS 61393 68919
NGR Description Centred on 61393 68919
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/70559
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
In 1915 two of the four Territorial Force General Hospitals in Scotland were established at Glasgow Parish Hospital, a poorlaw hospital operated by Glasgow parish Council. The 3rd Scottish General Hospital provided beds for 1,163 other ranks while the 4th Scottish General Hospital provided beds for 1,180 beds for other ranks.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 3 October 2013.
Stobhill General Hospital, 133 Balornock Road, 1900, Thomson & Sandilands
Symmetrical, columned porch and broken pediment over projecting centre, gable-ended pavilions, in red brick and ashlar. Very prominent red ashlar water tower displaying clock face. Late 19th-century Arts & Crafts half-timbered villa, former Superintendant's House, now staff dining room.
McKinnon House, Stobhill Hospital, 1990s, Matheson Gleave Architects
Intimate, domestic-scale, cruciform-plan Psychiatric Care Unit. Three wings of self-contained ward accommodation, the fourth for more intensive treatment. Brick-faced, timber frame, large glazed areas overlook landscaped courts.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Architect:
Thomas and Sandilands, 1900-1905.
Architect, Robert Weir Schultz 1900 (not executed although placed 1st in competition).
Miscellaneous:
Management and construction of Poorhouse and Almshouses by George A.MacKay - plans.
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
