Fever Hospital Rumworth Bolton (Competition)

BOLTON - At a meeting of the Bolton sanitary committee, on Monday, the report of the Hospital sub-committee was read as follows: The sub-committee stated that in response to the advertisements for designs for the borough hospital eleven sets were received, bearing respectively the following mottoes or devices : "As you like it," "Bolton," Borough Arms (device), "Desideratum," "Health," "Octagon," "Progress," Red Cross (device), "Sanitas," "Viola," and "Well considered." Prior to the subcommittee's decision the designs of "Viola" were withdrawn, and after careful consideration of the respective merits of the other designs, the sub-committee came to the conclusion to recommend that, subject to the conditions of the competition, the first prize be awarded to "Desideratum," and the second prize to Borough Arms (device). The envelopes containing the names of the authors of the designs marked respectively "Desideratum" and Borough Arms, were opened, and it appeared therefrom that Mr Marshall Robinson, 19, Acresfield, was the author of "Desideratum," and Mr T. Haselden the author of the Borough Arms design. It was resolved that the author of "Desideratum " be requested to furnish the committee with proof that his design can be carried out for £4,000. The author of the first design wins the premium of £25, and that of the second the premium of £15 offered by the Corporation.   [Building News 21 October 1881 p543]

Reference    British Architect 21 October 1881 Page 523. Competitions
Reference    Building News 21 October 1881 Page 543