Gartloch Hospital

In January 1889 the City of Glasgow acquired the Gartloch Estate for the purpose of building a hospital. A foundation stone for the hospital, which was designed by Thomson and Sandilands, was laid in November 1892. It served as an emergency hospital using hutted accommodation during the Second World War and joined the National Health Service in 1948. After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in 1996. ==In popular culture==

In 1993, the hospital was used in the BBC television series ''Takin' Over the Asylum'' starring David Tennant and Ken Stott where its distinctive French Renaissance style architecture served as the exterior of the fictional St. Jude's Hospital. In 2005 a film Gartloch Hospital was released which gave an account of the history of the hospital. It was the winner of the Best Factual Film at the Scottish Mental Health Art and Film Festival, in 2007. ==See also==