Southern General Hospital, 1345 Govan Road, Glasgow

James Thomson, 1867-72. 2-storey, 23-bay symmetrical former poorhouse hospital block with iron-crested French-roofed pavilions and small square tower over shallow advanced 7-bay centrepiece (now part of Southern General Hospital, 2012). Snecked, stugged and squared ashlar with polished dressings, unmargined windows, horizontal bands between floors, small-paned sashes; centrepiece has alternate ground floor windows bipartite, segmental-arched at 1st floor, round-headed lights in pavilions; pilastered tripartite doorway, central, painted, now with modern doors; corniced stacks, slate roofs (finialed and leaded axial platform at S end of main roof). Rear elevation similarly treated, large rear wing also with iron-crested French roofs.