Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Charity Photograph
Region ID | GW | |
Work ID | 41 | |
Manual Reference | AN/007 | |
Title | Charity | |
Architect | Sellars, James | |
Sculptor | Anon | |
Date of design | 1884-8 | |
Year of unveiling | C.1888 | |
Unveiling details | ||
Road | West Graham Street | |
Precise Location | 9-13 West Graham Street, north façade, former Sick Children's Hospital Dispensary | |
A to Z Ref | 35 J16 | |
OS Ref | ||
Postcode | G4 | |
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | II* | |
Duty of Care | ||
Commissioned by | Sick Children's Hospital | |
Notes | ||
Relief medallion of a draped, half-length female holding a child, symbolising Charity | ||
Erected from proceeds of a charity event organised by the Duchess of Montrose in 1884 to provide the Sick Children's Hospital in Scott Street with an out-patients department and dispensary. The result of a limited design competition held between Campbell Douglas and Sellars, John Baird and John Thomson, and John Burnet and Son, alterations had to be made to Sellars' design as it proved to be too expensive. The building was opened in October 1888. An extension to the west of the dispensary was built in 1897 housing nurses accomodation. This part has since been demolished. (1) The building also features a street lamp which incorporates one of the 'Chooky Burdies,' by Shona Kinloch, (Garnethill Lighting Project, 1993. See AN/068) | ||
circa | C. | |
raw year | 1888 | |
Condition | Fair | |
At risk | Don't know | |
Inscriptions | On panel, east face of corner tower at east end, in intaglio Roman lettering: ERECTED / FROM THE PROCEEDS OF / A FANCY FAIR / HELD IN GLASGOW / IN 1884 UNDER THE / AUSPICES OF HER GRACE / THE DUCHESS / OF MONTROSE On frieze over ground floor windows, west end of north façade, in intaglio Roman lettering: SICK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DISPENSARY | |
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Sculpture | Red sandstone | |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Other | Stonework blackened. |
Accretions | See History of Commission |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
