Glen o'Dee Hospital slide show
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Glen o'Dee Hospital slide show

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Modelled on the Bavarian Sanatorium at Nordrach. Central tower and base of walls masonry, remainder vertical timber cladding, slate roofs. Long gabled range of 3 storeys with central granite-built, 5-storey tower. Entrance to S at foot of tower, bipartite windows to each floor above, balcony over 3rd; tall saddle-back roof. Long ward range to W with 2 pavilions at W, is a later addition (the original balconies to W have been removed); to E similar range with office and treatment rooms at ground, wards above. Large casement windows now with some variety of details and some modern and PVC replacements. Dining room (with coved ceiling) and recreation block extending from E downhill to the S, both single storey, partly gabled; the recreation block with large glazed, opening screen to S and 2 canted windows to W. N elevation with original service extensions and some modern additions. At E kitchen extension extensively rebuilt. INTERIOR: Corridor-plan, corridor running along N towards opening to S to E of entrance foyer, large, panelled reception room with some stained glass decoration in windows. Main stair in tower.

This was the first sanatorium to be built in Scotland. Originally called Nordrach on Dee. The Nordrach system for treating TB was pioneered by Dr Otto Walther whose first establishment opened in 1888. Nordrach on Dee was founded by Dr David Lawson. The nurses' home demolished 1988. (Historic Scotland)

The pioneering Nordrach Treatment of Dr Otto Walther involved treating the patient at complete rest in the open air until fever has subsided. Dr David Lawson of Banchory had visited Nordrach in order to prepare a paper on bringing the system to Scotland, and in 1899 a group of leading physicians chose Deeside as the site due to its record of minimal rainfall and maximum sunshine. The hospital's timber construction is of Black Forest timbers, and it soon came to be called Nordrach-on-Dee when in opened in 1900. It became one of the first hospitals to use X-rays in the treatment of tuberculosis. The sanatorium closed in 1928, before being converted into a hotel and renamed Glen O'Dee in 1934. Requisitioned by the army in 1941 for use as a billet, it then passed to the Scottish Red Cross in 1945 for use once more in the treatment of tuberculosis sufferers. The hospital was assimilated into the NHS in 1955, and it became a convalescent hospital in 1960. In 1990 it was given over to the care of elderly patients. (H Richardson)Building Dates1900-1901ArchitectsGeorge Coutts of Aberdeen
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