Southfield Sanatorium Explained

Southfield Sanatorium was a specialist historic hospital in Liberton, Edinburgh, Scotland, situated near Ellen's Glen nature reserve.[1] [2] The house was redeveloped to provide private residences, new housing was built in the grounds and a purpose-built health facility opened at Ellen's Glen in 2000.[3]

History

Southfield is noted in the Ordnance Survey name books for Midlothian as the country seat of John Croall in the 1850s.[4]

Southfield House (1875) was designed by Scottish architect John Chesser (1819–92) in the Scottish baronial style for coachbuilder John Croall to replace a previous house.[5] The sandstone building, with its French Gothic detailing, was category B listed in 1996.[6]

Southfield was converted to a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1902 and became part of the Royal Victoria Hospital in the 1920s.[7] Plans of the original house and later alterations by Dick Peddie and MacKay are held by Historic Environment Scotland and can be viewed via Canmore.[8]

Case notes for patients treated in Southfield Sanatorium are held by the Lothian Health Services Archive at the University of Edinburgh.[9] [10] The records show most patients stayed for a period of several months of treatment for forms of tuberculosis.[11]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015-04-26 . Edinburgh . 2023-03-25 . Historic Hospitals . en-US.
  2. Web site: Ellen's Glen . 2023-03-25 . Edinburgh Geological Society . en-GB.
  3. Web site: Dingwall . Christopher . November 2007 . Edinburgh, Survey of Gardens and Designed Landscapes: 254 Southfield House . 25 March 2023 . City of Edinburgh Council.
  4. Web site: OS1/11/17/76 ScotlandsPlaces . 2023-03-25 . scotlandsplaces.gov.uk . en.
  5. Web site: Dictionary of Scottish Architects – DSA Building/Design Report (March 25, 2023, 4:38 pm) . 2023-03-25 . scottisharchitects.org.uk.
  6. Web site: ELLEN'S GLEN ROAD (OFF LASSWADE ROAD), SOUTHFIELD HOSPITAL (LB43251) . 2023-03-25 . portal.historicenvironment.scot.
  7. Web site: Southfield House from The Gazetteer for Scotland . 2023-03-25 . scottish-places.info . en-gb.
  8. Web site: Edinburgh, Gilmerton, Ellen's Glen Road, Southfield Hospital Canmore . 2023-03-25 . canmore.org.uk . en.
  9. Web site: Southfield Sanatorium case notes, 1921–1974 University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections . 2023-03-25 . University of Edinburgh.
  10. Web site: Southfield Sanatorium case notes, 1921–1974 . 2023-03-25 . University of Edinburgh.
  11. Web site: Archive . Lothian Health Services . 2016-03-18 . Lothian Health Services Archive: Case notes: A window into the sanatorium . 2023-03-25 . Lothian Health Services Archive.

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