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Glasgow, 286 Parliamentary Road, Lunatic Asylum

Poor House (19th Century), Psychiatric Hospital (19th Century)

Site Name Glasgow, 286 Parliamentary Road, Lunatic Asylum

Classification Poor House (19th Century), Psychiatric Hospital (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Magdelene Asylum; Poor House; Magdelene Home

Canmore ID 163962

Site Number NS56NE 1391

NGR NS 59385 65920

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/163962

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  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Architecture Notes

Exact location unknown at time of upgrade 20.6.200.

Parliamentry Road and Asylum demolished.

Architect: William Stark - 1810.

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

Mit. Lib. 'Glasgow in Former Times' - Lithograph by James Anderson 1835.

Mit. Lib. 'Wm. Graham I' p.10 - Photograph of poor house.

NMRS REFERENCE:

Glasgow, Magdelene Home.

Architect: John Honeyman, 1865. (Although there is some uncertainty whether this is the Magdelene Home in Glasgow, or elsewhere).

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