Armchair Bob Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Saughton House. A large government office in Broomhouse, west Edinburgh. It takes the form of several institutional 2-story blocks called 'spurs' joined by a long corridor, that are suggestive of hospital wards. No wonder, because that is what Saughton House was built as, a hospital for the use of the navy during the second world war. Or was it? Reading this article makes me doubt everything I ever knew about Saughton House. Was it originally a hospital? Was it a navy hospital? Was it always a government office from the start? How come no-one actually knows? Maybe it just appeared out of nowhere one day and we have just invented stories to retro-fit the facts to stop our brains exploding? http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_buildings_s/0_buildings_-_saughton_house.htm Quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 What is with the mysterious ghost quotes Spooky Bob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTeeko Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 I stay 5 mins away from there (Broomhall Road). I never knew there was such a mystery about the place. My cousin works there - I post him the link to see if he knows anything ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Hospital. Source :from speaking with estates division and SG health and safety folk responsible for site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 I suggest you request the assistance of our resident ghost buster, Jenblueeyes. Have you checked behind photoframes for clues ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 22 hours ago, thplinth said: What is with the mysterious ghost quotes Spooky Bob? Its a mystery to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 22 hours ago, flumax said: Hospital. Source :from speaking with estates division and SG health and safety folk responsible for site. But do these people actually *know*? Or are they just going on what someone told them when they started and never thought to question it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 The NLS maps only go up to 1938 so I'll check the later ones next week. The other place to check would be the Valuation Rolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Creepy buildings... mmmm Anyone been in this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Gills Mcginty Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Is that yon Priory place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 This could be a case for Scooby Doo ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 On 17/09/2016 at 8:04 PM, thplinth said: Creepy buildings... mmmm Anyone been in this one? Aye - great place if you like derelict buildings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 On 16 September 2016 at 8:30 PM, flumax said: Hospital. Source :from speaking with estates division and SG health and safety folk responsible for site. The hospital explanation sounds plausible. There used to be buildings in a similar 'spur' style in Blackpool and Newcastle, which were intended to be hospitals to treat injured servicemen prior to the anticipated invasion of Japan in WW2. Of course, the invasion never happened but the post-war Welfare state did, so the government used the buildings as offices instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 See it *sounds* plausible, but there is another government building in the same area in the same style and nobody says it was originally intended to be a hospital... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrick Lad Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 And the other building is..... Really interested in this thread as it's not often the building you work in each day receives so much attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 (edited) https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Sighthill+Plumbase/@55.9244689,-3.2940748,270m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x4887c428780911db:0xf758fd54e92c1eb3!8m2!3d55.9253767!4d-3.2940427?hl=en Says in your link it was built during the war (or in late the 40's) as a hospital for returning soldiers, originally a prefab, used for that purpose until the late 50's. Edited September 21, 2016 by thplinth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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