Southfield sanitorium

Historic hospital in Liberton, Edinburgh

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Southfield House, previously a sanatorium, in Liberton, Edinburgh.

Southfield Sanatorium was a specialist historic hospital in Liberton, Edinburgh, Scotland, situated near Ellen's Glen nature reserve.[1][2] The house was redeveloped to provide private residences, new housing was built in the grounds and a purpose-built health facility opened at Ellen's Glen in 2000.[3]

## History[edit]

Southfield is noted in the Ordnance Survey name books for Midlothian as the country seat of John Croall in the 1850s.[4]

Southfield House (1875) was designed by Scottish architect John Chesser (1819–92) in the Scottish baronial style for coachbuilder John Croall to replace a previous house.[5] The sandstone building, with its French Gothic detailing, was category B listed in 1996.[6]

Southfield was converted to a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1902 and became part of the Royal Victoria Hospital in the 1920s.[7][5] Plans of the original house and later alterations by Dick Peddie and MacKay are held by Historic Environment Scotland and can be viewed via Canmore.[8]

Case notes for patients treated in Southfield Sanatorium are held by the Lothian Health Services Archive at the University of Edinburgh.[9][10] The records show most patients stayed for a period of several months of treatment for forms of tuberculosis.[11]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Edinburgh". Historic Hospitals. 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
2. ^ "Ellen's Glen". Edinburgh Geological Society. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
3. ^ Dingwall, Christopher (November 2007). "Edinburgh, Survey of Gardens and Designed Landscapes: 254 Southfield House". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
4. ^ "OS1/11/17/76 | ScotlandsPlaces". scotlandsplaces.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
5. ^ a b "Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Building/Design Report (March 25, 2023, 4:38 pm)". www.scottisharchitects.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
6. ^ "ELLEN'S GLEN ROAD (OFF LASSWADE ROAD), SOUTHFIELD HOSPITAL (LB43251)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
7. ^ "Southfield House from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
8. ^ "Edinburgh, Gilmerton, Ellen's Glen Road, Southfield Hospital | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
9. ^ "Southfield Sanatorium case notes, 1921-1974 | University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections". archives.collections.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
10. ^ ""Southfield Sanatorium case notes, 1921-1974"". collections.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
11. ^ Archive, Lothian Health Services (2016-03-18). "Lothian Health Services Archive: Case notes: A window into the sanatorium". Lothian Health Services Archive. Retrieved 2023-03-25.

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