1802 – West Prison, Aberdeen, Scotland
Architect:
Aberdeen’s Bridewell opened 1802 and was demolished around 1868. An impressive stone gateway to the Bridewell prison stood until 1883 when it was demolished.
1826 – Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Architect: William Henry Playfair
Originally constructed between 1824-26, the Royal Institution (as it was until 1911) was extended in the 1830s to create the building we see today.
1834 – Crichton Royal Asylum, Dumfries, Scotland
Architect: William Burn
Designed with two central octagonal towers from which wings for the patients extended, Burns work at Crichton was a very ambitious project that was ultimately not completed.
1843 – Glasgow Royal Asylum, Gartnavel, Scotland
Architect: Charles Wilson
An unusual design in Tudor Gothic, built in 1842-43, with the chapel completed in 1904. Initially built to hold 420 patients and later extended.
1857 – Oldmill Reformatory School for Boys, Aberdeen, Scotland
Architect: James Matthews
Oldmill was an Aberdeen reformatory set up in 1857 and occupied by about 150 boys. Closed in 1898.
1858 – Chimney Pieces, Holmwood, Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland
Architect: Alexander & George Thomson
This unique Villa in attractive riverside grounds has been described as Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s finest domestic design.
1862 – Free Church, Kelvinside, Glasgow
Architect: Douglas & Stevenson
Opened in 1862, closed in the 1970s, it has now been converted and is functioning as the “Òran Mór”
1863 – Free West Church, Greenock, Scotland
Architect: John Honeyman
Born in Glasgow, the son of a prosperous corn merchant, John Honeyman trained as an architect with Alexander Munro,
1864 – Craig Dunain Hospital, Inverness, Scotland
Architect: James Matthews
Craig Dunain Hospital was the only hospital for psychiatric illness in the Highlands, and formerly the Highland District Lunatic Asylum –
1870 – Gallowhill House, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Architect: Salmon,Son & Ritchie
Perspective view, ground Plan with key as published in The Building News, October 14th 1870.
