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Hartwoodhill Hospital
Hospital (Second World War), Hospital (20th Century)
Site Name Hartwoodhill Hospital
Classification Hospital (Second World War), Hospital (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hill Hospital; Wards 17, 18; Hartwoodhill Mental Colony
Canmore ID 86016
Site Number NS85NE 55
NGR NS 85922 59779
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/86016
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Shotts (Motherwell)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Motherwell
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS85NE 55.00 85922 59779
NS85NE 55.01 NS 85188 59779 Hill Hospital, Lodge
NS85NE 55.02 NS 85868 59687 Ward 28
NS85NE 55.03 NS 85839 59814 Wards 19, 20
NS85NE 55.04 NS 85894 59840 Wards 21, 22
NS85NE 55.05 NS 85991 59871 Occupational Therapy Department and Church
NS85NE 55.06 NS 86035 59923 Boiler house
NS85NE 55.07 NS 85797 59727 Wards 24, 27
NS85NE 55.08 NS 86040 59799 'Arran' offices
See also Hartwoodhill (NS85NE 100).
NS85NE 55.00 85922 59779
Not to be confused with Hartwood Hospital for which see NS85NW 18.00
The hospital was built to accommodate additional patients from Lanark District Asylum at Hartwood . The complex of buildings was built on a new site closer to Shotts at Hartwood Hill from circa 1935, with James Lochhead as architect (Historic Scotland Listing notes).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2007
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.
