Nurses' Home, Hartwood Hospital, Hartwood

The Nurses' Home at Hartwood Hospital, designed by James Lochhead in 1926, is an extensive, three-storey and attic residential building for nurses, constructed in a Baronial style with a U-shaped plan. The exterior features bull-faced snecked rubble, with the attic floor rendered and ashlar dressings. Notable architectural elements include deep basecourses, moulded and corbelled parapets, prominent crowstepped gables, and stone balustrades on the terrace.

The northeast elevation is symmetrical, showcasing a central section with 11 bays arranged in a 4-1-1-1-4 pattern, highlighted by a slightly advanced gabled entrance bay. The projecting wings have 4-bay pavilions. Corbelled stone balustrades adorn the principal and secondary entrances, which feature a turreted and moulded parapet with octagonal chimney stacks at the principal entrance. The elevation also includes 11 bays on the right and left returns, with 3-light bowed windows at each angle and a central full-height metal fire escape.

The southeast elevation is nearly symmetrical, consisting of 14 bays, with 10 bays on the ground floor. It features slightly advanced gabled bays at the ends, including a 1-bay, three-storey section on the far left. The ground floor has two 5-light canted transommed and mullioned windows, along with tripartite and bipartite windows.

The southwest elevation, also nearly symmetrical, has 19 bays arranged in a 3-5-3-5-3 configuration. A heavily corbelled parapet is positioned between the ground and first floors, above a round arched entrance and flanked by 3-light canted windows. The centre features double gables, and the ends have projecting three-storey sections with corbelled-out terraces and canted two-storey windows. A massive pair of octagonal and moulded stone piers, which were once light holders, flank the central stone steps that lead to a low stone balustrade.

The northwest elevation mirrors the southeast elevation with 14 bays and a similar arrangement. The building is fitted with 4-pane timber sash and case windows, has pitched roofs covered in grey slates, and features overhanging eaves at the attic floor.