Oblique aerial view of the hospitals, taken from the SE.

Description Oblique aerial view of the hospitals, taken from the SE.

Date 1/5/2001

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number SC 755764

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 76943 CN

Scope and Content Aerial view of Sunnyside Royal Hospital, Hillside, Montrose, Angus This large Jacobean-style hospital, consisting of three storeys and a basement, was built on an E-plan, with a long south-facing front with an advanced centre, ends, and sub-lengths. An administration block formed the centre of the 'E', with ward wings, one for male patients and the other for female patients, on either side. A tall, red brick chimney, painted black at its head and bearing the date '1857', rises from the boiler house at the rear. The symmetrical hospital block, made up of two-storeyed units linked by single-storeyed covered corridors, lies to the north-west (left), and Carnegie Lodge, a large, U-shaped villa built in 1900 in a pleasant wooded setting to the east (right) for private patients, mimics the style of the main hospital. Howden Villa, designed by a local architect, was added 1902 to the rear of the hospital, and North Esk Villa, a boldly gabled, three-storeyed house, was built in 1904 to the north-east of the main building (centre). The H-plan, whitewashed, three-storeyed nurses' home (bottom), built to the south in 1935, was set downhill so as not to disrupt the views from the main building. Angus House, an unusual butterfly-plan block for geriatric patients (right), was designed by the Clerk of Works, George Easton, and built in 1939 to the north-east. The layout took full advantage of its hillside site, and allowed for expansion. The building of Carnegie Lodge in 1896 provided separate accommodation for private patients in a self-contained villa at a discreet distance from the main hospital block, and set within it own secluded grounds with grassed terraces stretching downhill to the south. The accommodation consisted of kitchens, dining rooms, sitting rooms, bathrooms and bedrooms in separate wings for male and female patients. The villa was designed along the lines of a country house, with elaborate fittings and furnishings, and offered patients the opportunity to live as if they were part of a normal village community. There were no restrictions, and the patients were free to walk or drive in the grounds, go to church on a Sunday, pay a weekly visit to the theatre or dance hall, and go to the local shop or attend the hospital. Sunnyside Royal Hospital, designed by the architect, William Lambie Moffatt (1808-82), was built in 1855-7 on a splendid hillside site 6km north of Montrose to replace the old Royal Asylum in the town. The new site was further developed with an impressive hospital block, designed by the architectural firm, Sydney Mitchell & Wilson, which was built in 1888 to the north-west of the main building, and a large villa, Carnegie Lodge, designed by the Aberdeen architect, William Kelly (c.1861-1944), built in 1900 to the east to house private patients. A further two villas, Howden Villa and North Esk Villa, were built at the turn of the 20th century to provide accommodation for pauper patients. Other developments included the building of a nurses' home in 1935, a block for the care of elderly and geriatric patients in 1939, and a new occupational and industrial therapy unit in 1971. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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