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Actions Displays	Stained Glass Window panel from Woodilee To enquire about this item(s) please contact us museums@eastdunbarton.gov.uk Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Download mediaDownload as zip file Object numberKITAK.2007.10.4 TitleStained Glass Window panel from Woodilee DescriptionWoodilee Estate was purchased by the Barony Parochial Board in 1871. Woodilee Hospital was originally known as the ‘Barony Parochial Asylum at Woodilee’, and when opened in 1875 it was intended to house ‘pauper lunatics’. At its height it was the largest parochial asylum in Scotland with 400 inmates. The building was enlarged in 1898 after the City and Barony parishes were amalgamated to form the Glasgow District Lunacy Board. A villa was added in 1900. It was taken over by the Corporation of Glasgow in 1930 and contained 1250 beds. Upgrades were made during the 1930s to improve conditions and combat overcrowding, with sanitary annexes, bathrooms and ward kitchens upgraded. A major extension to the Nurses’ Home was completed in 1939. Additionally a new Reception House and Sanatorium was opened in 1944. Further developments took place after 1966, including a new reception suit and the phasing out of the farm buildings. The hospital closed in 2000. This stained glass was removed from the church. Production date 1880 - 1900 Production period19th Century Object nameStained Glass Panel

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TitleStained Glass Window panel from Woodilee

DescriptionWoodilee Estate was purchased by the Barony Parochial Board in 1871. Woodilee Hospital was originally known as the ‘Barony Parochial Asylum at Woodilee’, and when opened in 1875 it was intended to house ‘pauper lunatics’. At its height it was the largest parochial asylum in Scotland with 400 inmates. The building was enlarged in 1898 after the City and Barony parishes were amalgamated to form the Glasgow District Lunacy Board. A villa was added in 1900. It was taken over by the Corporation of Glasgow in 1930 and contained 1250 beds. Upgrades were made during the 1930s to improve conditions and combat overcrowding, with sanitary annexes, bathrooms and ward kitchens upgraded. A major extension to the Nurses’ Home was completed in 1939. Additionally a new Reception House and Sanatorium was opened in 1944. Further developments took place after 1966, including a new reception suit and the phasing out of the farm buildings. The hospital closed in 2000. This stained glass was removed from the church.

Production date 1880 - 1900

Production period19th Century

Object nameStained Glass Panel