Former Govan Combination Parochial Buildings poorhouse
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Former Govan Combination Parochial Buildings poorhouse
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 25 Jun 2019
The buildings were on a large scale incorporating Poorhouse, Asylum and Hospital, opened in 1872, designed by James Thomson. This was the main poorhouse block. The complex became the Southern General Hospital in 1923, this block eventually housing the administration section, a function it still performs as part of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. It represents one of the few survivors nationally of large scale poorhouses developed in the latter part of the 19th century. Listed Category B http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33306
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Image Location
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55.86188
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