Hawkhead Hospital

Hospital in Hawkhead, Scotland

Hawkhead Hospital

Former isolation block at Hawkhead Hospital

Shown in Renfrewshireshire

Geography
Location| Hawkhead Road, Hawkhead, Scotland
Coordinates| 55°50′03″N 4°23′30″W﻿ / ﻿55.8343°N 4.3918°W﻿ / 55.8343; -4.3918
Organisation
Care system| NHS Scotland
Type| General
Services
Emergency department| No
History
Opened| 1936
Closed| 2005
Links
Lists| Hospitals in Scotland

Hawkhead Hospital was a health facility on Hawkhead Road in Hawkhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The complex is Grade B listed.[1]

## History[edit]

The facility, which was designed by Thomas S. Tait in the Art Deco style, opened as the Paisley Infectious Diseases Hospital in 1936.[2][3] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and eventually closed in 2005.[4] The site was subsequently developed by Kier Group with many of the historic buildings being converted for residential use as Hawkhead Village.[5]

## See also[edit]

* List of listed buildings in Paisley, Renfrewshire

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Hawkhead Road, Hawkhead Hospital, Administration Block, Former Nurses Home, Wards 1-5, Boiler House And Mortuary, Laundry Block, Porter's Lodge, Waiting Room And Cottages". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
2. ^ "Hawkhead Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
3. ^ "Paisley, Hawkhead Hospital Administration Centre". Canmore. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
4. ^ Harwood, Elain (2019). Art Deco Britain: Buildings of the Inter-War Years. Batsford. ISBN 978-1849945271.
5. ^ "Hawkhead Village". Glasgow Architecture. Retrieved 4 February 2020.