Duke Street Hospital

Duke Street Hospital
Duke Street Hospital
Shown in Glasgow
Geography
Location	Duke Street, Glasgow, Scotland
Coordinates	55.8586°N 4.2262°W / 55.8586; -4.2262
Organisation
Care system	NHS Scotland
Type	Geriatric
Services
Emergency department	No
History
Opened	1904
Closed	1992
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Scotland

The Duke Street Hospital was a health facility on Duke Street in Glasgow, Scotland.

History

Duke Street was originally a Poor Law hospital, commissioned by the Glasgow Parish Council. The facility, which was designed by Alfred Hessell Tiltman in the French Renaissance style,[1] was opened as the Eastern District Hospital in September 1904, on the same day as the Western District Hospital at Oakbank in Maryhill and Stobhill Hospital in Springburn.[2][3] A new maternity unit was completed in the 1940s and it joined the National Health Service in 1948.[2] Physiotherapy and premature baby units were added in the 1960s.[3]

When maternity services transferred to Rutherglen Maternity Hospital in 1977, the hospital became a geriatric facility.[2] After services had transferred to Parkhead Hospital,[4] it closed in 1992.[2] The main building, which is Category B listed, was converted to residential use in the 2000s, having lain empty for some years.[5]

References

1. "Alfred Hessell Tiltman (1854-1910)". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
2. "The Eastern District Hospital". Archives Hub. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
3. "Duke Street Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
4. "A £4.5 million psychiatric hospital in Glasgow has just opened its doors to the first intake of patients". Nursing Standard. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
5. "247-249 (Odd Nos) Duke Street, Former Duke Street Hospital". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

External links

• Media related to Duke Street Hospital at Wikimedia Commons