Paisley, Hawkhead Hospital, Ward 2
Hospital Ward (20th Century)
Site Name Paisley, Hawkhead Hospital, Ward 2
Classification Hospital Ward (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Diphtheria Pavilion; Hospital For Infectious Diseases
Canmore ID 264053
Site Number NS56SW 168.05
NGR NS 50311 62663
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/264053
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Paisley (Renfrew)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
Archaeological Evaluation (August 2007)
NS 50315 62670 An evaluation was carried out at Hawkhead Hospital (NS 56SW 168.00) in August 2007 in advance of a residential development. The land on which the hospital is situated was formerly part of the Hawkhead Estate, which was acquired by the Ross family during the late 14th century. The Scottish architect Thomas Smith Tait designed the hospital during the 1930s and it was opened as Paisley Infectious Diseases Hospital in 1936. The hospital buildings, which are A and B Listed, are to be converted for residential use and
further housing is to be constructed in farmland to the S of the hospital. Numerous ceramic field drains of the horseshoe type were uncovered during the evaluation, but there were no other features or deposits of archaeological significance.
Archive deposited with RCAHMS, West of Scotland SMR.
Funder: WSP Environmental Ltd on behalf of Keir Homes.
