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Hospital, originally the Oldmill Hospital (Poor Law Institution), designed by Brown and Watt and opened on 15 May 1907 ( itself replacing the earlier Oldmill Reformatory, NJ80NE0335). The poorhouse, one of the last to be built in Scotland, initially had provision for 650 inmates. It had a separate infirmary block behind the main poorhouse building, and a further special hospital for infectious diseases. During World War I the institution was in use as a military hospital between May 1915 and June 1919. In 1926 the hospital sections were taken over by Aberdeen Town Council and it was reopened as the Woodend Municipal Hospital in October 1927. This had a separate nurses' home which was replaced in 1936 by a larger home designed by the City architect A Gardner. The main building (which contained the poorhouse) has a huge symmetrical south front with a decorative water tower set back from the centre, the centre range of three storeys, and with plainer wings (containing men's and women's wards) to east and west. The forecourt area is defined by an iron-railed boundary wall which has a pair of identical octagonal, conical roofed open shelters. It was originally approached from the south through a long avenue with lodges at the entrance. Westholme, the original nurses' home is a large 2-3 storey block with Scots renaissance detailing, granite to the ground floor, harled above and with crow-stepped gables. The East and West Lodges at the south entrance were designed by Brown and Watt, circa 1905, in Scottish 17th century style, of grey granite with ashlar dressings. Behind each lodge are long rectangular single storey blocks (probationary wards), the gables to the drive with Venetian windows. To the north a viaduct carries the original driveway over Den Burn; it comprises a series of granite pillars with wrought-iron flat-lintel beams and parapets. Northwest of the main hospital block, is an H-plan block with a pair of long symmetrical ward blocks, each designed for 80 patients. To the west of this is the staff home added circa 1936-9.
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Aberdeen City
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NJ80NE0539 - WOODEND HOSPITAL