Eskdale House, Crichton Royal Hospital, Bankend Road, Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway

Entry Name: Eskdale House, Crichton Royal Hospital, Bankend Road, Dumfries

Listing Name: The Crichton, Eskdale House

Listing Date: 1 November 1995

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 338387

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB6700

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200338387

Location: Dumfries

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Nith

Parish: Dumfries

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

Tagged with: Hospital building

Description

1907 9. 2 storey and attic, rectangular short leg U plan, symmetrically grouped crow step gabled blocks. Bull faced red sandstone, ashlar dressings. Coped crow steps.

S (GARDEN) ELEVATION: slightly advanced 4 bay centrepiece with canted window bay flanked by windows at ground, 4 windows at 1st floor, small pedimented attic window to gable above centre bays, lop sided gables with apex stacks to flanking bays. Group of 3 windows at ground to outer right, pedimented window breaking eaves above centre window. Mirror image to outer left with door now in centre window bay.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 4 bays; pitched roof returning as gableover

2 bays to outer right. Door with fanlight to centre, flanked by window to left with stone canopy over. 2 windows to right and left; 4 windows to 1st floor. Blind oculus to gable.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: 3 bays off centre left, centre bay terminating in wallhead stack. Advanced gabled bay to right with tall stair window. Taller gable to outer right with apex stack, single storey block abutting. Advanced gabled bay to outer left with apex stack, cast iron escape stair to 1st floor in re entrant angle.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: 4 bays similar to entrance elevation with door off centre right. 1 ?storey block abutting to outer right.

Timber sash and case windows, most with 2 panes to upper sash and single pane to lower sash. Grey/green slate roof, coped sandstone stacks, tall octagonal lead capped ventilators. Cast iron rainwater goods. Modern disabled ramps.

INTERIOR: not seen.

Statement of Interest

In March 1905 a deputation of the Crichton Royal Hospital board with Sydney Mitchell architect, visited asylums in Germany, where the colony system was well established, and in December visited Bangour and Kingseat asylums. In 1906 plans for four villas were drawn up; Annandale and Eskdale as closed villas and Browne and Dudgeon as hospital villas for so-called 2nd department patients. Same design as Annandale, listed separately.

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