Gartnavel Royal Hospital

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The Gartnavel Royal Hospital , formerly Glasgow Lunatic Asylum , Glasgow Royal Asylum and Gartnavel Royal Mental Hospital , a psychiatric hospital in the Scottish city of Glasgow . It has a capacity of 119 beds on six wards. The newer Gartnavel General Hospital is on the same campus .

The building and gardens are classified as a Category A monument in the Scottish Monuments List . The associated nurses' home, like the hospital chapel, is a Category B monument. Together, the buildings also form a category B monument ensemble.

history

The idea of ​​building the clinic goes back to 1804 when the collection of donations for the construction began. Ten years later it opened at the site of what is now Buchanan bus station. After receiving a Royal Charter in 1824 , the establishment changes its name from Glasgow Lunatic Asylum to Glasgow Royal Asylum . The current facility was built between 1841 and 1843 based on a design by the Scottish architect Charles Wilson . Since 1889 no more indigent patients have been accepted. Between 1907 and 1914, John James Burnet was entrusted with the expansion of the facility in four construction phases. Modernizations were planned in 1932 during the Second World War by Burnet and Burnet & Boston . The hospital has been called Gartnavel Royal Hospital since 1963 . In the second half of the 20th century, new wards were added and a few wards of the Gartnavel General Hospital, built in 1973, were relocated to the Gartnavel Royal Hospital. In 2007 the clinic received a new main building. The total cost was £ 19 million.

description

The clinic is located off the Great Western Road ( A82 ) in northwest Glasgow. The complex consists of two main buildings, which are not connected to one another, each with a roughly E-shaped floor plan. The two- to three-story buildings are designed in a Tudor Gothic style, while the eastern building, which was not planned for private patients, is simpler. The north-facing main facade of the western building is 35 axes wide, which are arranged in the scheme 3–11–7–11–3. A four-story tower with octagonal pinnacles rises above the central main portal . Further entrance portals can be found on the corner projections . The windows are partially coupled to form twins or triplets .

The main facade of the eastern complex is 21 axes wide, which are arranged in the scheme 3–5–5–5–3. The building also has corner projections. The design is similar to the western building, but mostly simpler.

Nurses home

In 1934 Burnet, Son & Dick presented the design for the nurses' home to the south. It was completed by 1936.

The four-story building made of dark red brick has an H-shaped floor plan. The north-facing front facade is nine axes wide. The curved entrance area emerges in the middle. The side wings are two-story. There are wide windows with steel frames.

Gartnavel Royal Hospital Chapel

Burnet designed the building, which was built in 1904 and is located north of the main building on the driveway. The Arts and Crafts building made of partly plastered brick faces north-south. The nave is six axes wide. The north and south gables are designed with lancet windows. The roofs are covered with slate.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Information from the NHS
  2. ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Entry on scottisharchitects.org.uk
  6. ^ Information from the NHS
  7. ↑ Entry on scottisharchitects.org.uk

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Coordinates: 55 ° 53 '0.5 "  N , 4 ° 19' 9.4"  W.