Russell Institute

The Russell Institute is a children's hospital in the Scottish town of Paisley in Renfrewshire unitary authority. In 1985, the building in the Scottish lists of monuments was first included in the category B. The be upgraded to the highest category A was 2005.

History

The citizen Agnes Russell donated the building in memory of her brothers Robert and Thomas, but died before its completion. The construction was begun in 1926 to a design by architect James Steel Maitland and completed the following year. The sculptures are works of the Scottish sculptor Archibald Dawson. The donor was the architect free hand and gave no financial framework. The official opening on March 19, 1927 took before Princess Mary. The Russell Institute is designed as a charitable children's hospital and is operated almost unchanged to this day as such. 2012, the building was entered in the register of endangered historic monuments in Scotland. His condition is described as good, however, at low risk.

Description

The Russell Institute is located in the center of Paisley at the junction of New Street in the Causeyside Street. The three-story building has a roughly V-shaped floor plan. Along the Causeyside Street run seven, along the New Street six vertical axes. The base of the steel concrete structure is covered with black granite plates, while the remainder was used for building of the sandstone. A porch leads to the main entrance at the intersection of the two legs. He's worked with a lintel and two octagonal pillars. Above the portal of the name of the institution is embedded. Above this is a Bronzespulptur showing a mother with children. Another bronze sculpture is mounted above the arched window that extends over both remaining floors to find. It shows an angel figure with two babies. The building closes with a slated roof. The dormers along the Causeyside Street are more recent.