Interior-general view of Corridor in Craig House

Description Interior-general view of Corridor in Craig House

Date 1895

Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England

Catalogue Number SC 702014

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of BL 13249

Scope and Content West Wing Corridor, Craighouse Mental Asylum, Craighouse Road, Edinburgh (latterly the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and presently part of Napier University) Craighouse Mental Asylum, a huge chateau designed by the architect, Sydney Mitchell, was built in 1889-94 as new hospital premises for the Royal Edinburgh Asylum. The architectural photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere, was commissioned to photograph the interior in 1895. This wide corridor, furnished with chairs and benches, served the dual purpose of lounge and indoor exercise area. The walls have a panelled dado, and above, moulded wallpaper panels with checked corners, and a boldly patterned frieze. The doors to the bedrooms open off on the south side (left). The planning arrangement was that of a first-class hotel of the period rather than a mental hospital, except that the bedroom doors opened out to the corridor rather than into the rooms. This prevented a dangerous patient from hiding behind the door and attacking staff or other patients from the rear. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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