Edinburgh, Lauriston Place, Chalmers Hospital
Hospital (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Lauriston Place, Chalmers Hospital
Classification Hospital (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Chalmers Street; Archibald Place
Canmore ID 124160
Site Number NT27SE 1995
NGR NT 25251 73042
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/124160
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
See also NT27SE 2005 Edinburgh, 2, 4, 6, 8, Archibald Place
NT27SE 1864 Edinburgh, Lauriston Place, Lauriston House
Standing Building Recording (May 2009)
NT 25248 73036 A Level 2 historic building survey was undertaken in May 2009 before the partial demolition and renovation of the building. The hospital was constructed in the 1860s with a bequest from plumber George Chalmers and closed in 2008. The original building, a 17 x 1 bay four-storey building in ashlar with an elaborate entrance bay, consisted of four main wards on two floors on either side of a central block. It had been extended to the S with the addition of verandas to the main wards, a two-storey block to the SW and a large 1930s Y-block. Despite being modified to accommodate the needs of a modern hospital the building had retained some of its original internal features; including cornicing, some timber panelling to the windows
and fireplace surrounds.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: NHS Lothian
Diana Sproat – AOC Archaeology Group