Cupola, Weather Vane, etc
Location
Chalmers Hospital, Clunie Street, Banff
Banff, Banffshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 688 644
Date
1860
Description
Extravagant Neo-Jacobean, tall gabled hospital with timber arcaded cupola with faceted lead roof and weathervane, 1860. Alexander Chalmers of Clunie (Marnoch, Banffshire) wine Merchant and ship owner in Banff left 'the site of his residence' and a bequest of £70,000 to build and endow the hospital.
Era
1800s
Information Source
James Imlach, History of Banff (1868) pp 60-1,74 Charles McKean, Banff and Buchan, An architectural guide (1990) p 27
Categories
Creator
- William Lambie Moffat, Architect
Photographer
- Dianne Sutherland
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