Towerview Unit
The Towerview Unit , formerly Govan District Asylum and Hawkhead Lunatic Asylum , is a former mental hospital in the Scottish city of Glasgow . Today it is continued as the psychiatric department of the Leverndale Hospital elsewhere .
In 1970 the complex was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The tender to build the complex in 1890 was won by the architects Stark & Rowntree . The foundation stone was laid on October 3, 1893. The operating Govan District Lunacy Board opened the facility on January 18, 1896, although the first patients had been admitted since September 1895. In 1903 more buildings were added based on a design by H&D Barclay . This increased the capacity from 400 to 520 patients.
At an unspecified time between 1919 and 1931, eight more buildings were added. James Taylor provided the design for this . From 1930 the hospital was operated by the Glasgow Corporation and then had the National Health Service as the carrier since 1948 . During the 1960s and 1970s, the Hawkhead Lunatic Asylum was again expanded to include a psychogeriatric department. Since 1964 the facility was called Leverndale Hospital . In the 1980s and 1990s, the facility was gradually decommissioned and the departments were moved to newer buildings.
description
The facility is located on a hill in south Glasgow above the White Cart Waters . The buildings are designed in a simple version of the neo-renaissance . Their design reflects the different construction phases. One of the oldest parts is the bell tower, which, located on the hilltop, is a landmark. It has a square floor plan. The other buildings are grouped around the almost centrally located strand.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Information from the University of Glasgow
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Web links
- Entry on Towerview Unit in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 55 ° 50 ′ 4.7 " N , 4 ° 22 ′ 14.2" W.