Hawkhead Hospital
Former isolation block at Hawkhead Hospital
Hawkhead Hospital is located in Renfrewshire
Hawkhead Hospital
Shown in Renfrewshireshire
Geography
LocationHawkhead Road, Hawkhead, Scotland
Coordinates55°50′03″N 4°23′30″W / 55.8343°N 4.3918°W / 55.8343; -4.3918
Organisation
Care systemNHS Scotland
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentNo
History
Opened1936
Closed2005
Links
ListsHospitals in Scotland

Hawkhead Hospital was a health facility on Hawkhead Road in Hawkhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The complex is Grade B listed.[1]

History

The facility, which was designed by Thomas S. Tait in the Art Deco style, opened as the Paisley Infectious Diseases Hospital in 1936.[2][3] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and eventually closed in 2005.[4] The site was subsequently developed by Kier Group with many of the historic buildings being converted for residential use as Hawkhead Village.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hawkhead Road, Hawkhead Hospital, Administration Block, Former Nurses Home, Wards 1-5, Boiler House And Mortuary, Laundry Block, Porter's Lodge, Waiting Room And Cottages". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Hawkhead Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Paisley, Hawkhead Hospital Administration Centre". Canmore. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. ^ Harwood, Elain (2019). Art Deco Britain: Buildings of the Inter-War Years. Batsford. ISBN 978-1849945271.
  5. ^ "Hawkhead Village". Glasgow Architecture. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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