Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

THE CRICHTON, EASTERBROOK HALLLB6699

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
01/11/1995
Supplementary Information Updated
09/02/2023
Local Authority
Dumfries And Galloway
Planning Authority
Dumfries And Galloway
Parish
Dumfries
NGR
NX 98415 74118
Coordinates
298415, 574118

Description

James Flett, 1934 6. Rectangular plan, symmetrical 2 storey central block and single storey wings with Art Deco detail. Bull faced red sandstone with ashlar dressings. Cill courses, string course, lintel courses, parapet with moulded ashlar pedestals, architraved windows. W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 2 storey 8 bay block with fine slightly advanced ashlar centrepiece of paired doorways with panelled doors, Greek key motif to lintel, fanlights above. 2 windows at 1st floor with aprons, framed by stylized pilasters. Clock in parapet. Centrepiece flanked by 3 bays composed of bipartite window to centre flanked by single windows. Return elevations with round headed windows at 1st floor. Pillars flanking entrance steps with cast and wrought iron lamp standards surmounted by simple glass lights. Single storey, 8 bay wing to left of centre block in 3 and 5 bay arrangements; 3 bay with centre doorpiece flanked by bipartite windows; slightly recessed 5 bays to far left with centre doorpiece flanked by windows. Each architraved doorpiece, panelled door and fanlight set in slightly advanced bay. Mirror image to right wing. N AND S (SIDE) ELEVATIONS: 11 bays to each side with bipartite windows to most bays. E (REAR) ELEVATION: 2 lower 2 storey wings projecting from 2 storey central block. Near symmetrical disposition of doors and windows. Mostly 12 pane timber sash and case windows; 8 panes to bipartite windows. Flat roof. Cast iron rainwater goods. INTERIOR: not seen.

Statement of Special Interest

Designed by Dr Easterbrook the medical superintendent with James Flett the Institution's Clerk of Works. The provision of a large building to provide recreational and therapeutic facilities for the whole hospital was the culmination of Dr Easterbrook's grand scheme for the hospital. Costing $60,000 it provided when built an unrivalled range of facilities for the benefit of patients including a small swimming pool. It was seen as very much in keeping with the progressive policy adopted by successive board of directors in the one hundred years history of the institution.

References

Bibliography

Harriet Richardson, 'Survey of Scottish Hospitals', unpublished report for Historic Scotland.

Morag Williams, 'History of Crichton Royal Hospital 1839 1989'.

Dictionary of Scottish Architects, James Flett. http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201482 [accessed 09/02/2023]

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

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