Lynebank Hospital Administration Block, Halbeath Road, Dunfermline

Alison and Hutchison and Partners (Harry Horace Macdonald - partner in charge), 1965. Rectangular-plan hospital administration block located to the north of Lynebank Hospital site. Comprises 4-storey asymmetrical, cuboid lecture theatre/office block and integrated 16-bay, single-storey reception/office range.

4-STOREY LECTURE THEATRE/OFFICE BLOCK: in-situ, shuttered concrete construction. Projecting flat-roof canopy to main entrance at north elevation. Full-height glazed stairwell to right of glazed metal doors. 2 asymmetrical cantilevered lecture theatres with sloping planes at first floor, having horizontally pierced parapets and glazed walls to east and west returns. Pair of cuboid offices above lecture theatres at 3rd floor level. Full-height glazed stairwell outshot to west elevation. Pierced parapet to first floor at south-east corner. Horizontal and vertical glazing pattern to offices. Predominantly metal framed glazing. Enclosed open-air courtyards at ground floor level to east and west.

SINGLE STOREY RECEPTION/OFFICE RANGE: roughly 16-bay to north elevation. Pale brick with rendered band (painted white) at upper level, returning to east and west elevations. Irregular fenestration with each window having a horizontal margin light adjoining to upper right and dark-stained timber panelling below. Flat-roof.

INTERIOR: substantially unaltered interior scheme with original period materials, fixtures and fittings. Large, open reception area at ground floor. Board-marked concrete shuttering to main stairwell with repeating horizontal and vertical relief pattern. Pairs of 2-leaf timber doors at each floor with margin lights above. Glazed corridor between cuboid offices above lecture theatres.