View of main E/W access corridor Digital image of E 3867

Description View of main E/W access corridor Digital image of E 3867

Date 8/11/2001

Catalogue Number SC 776795

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Main East-West Access Corridor, Sunnyside Royal Hospital, Hillside, Montrose, Angus This long covered corridor runs along the exterior of the rear of the main asylum building in an east-west direction. It links the central administrative block with the wings, one arm (the female corridor), linking the female wing, and the other (male corridor) linking the male wing. It was constructed with ornamental metal arches supporting a glazed roof, and with multi-paned windows running the length of its sides. Short side-corridors branch off at regular intervals to give access to other hospital units, and a door (left) opens out into one of the courtyards. The asylum was constructed on an E-plan with an administrative block forming the central arm of the 'E', and two wings, one for male patients and the other for female patients, stretching out on either side. The administrative block was linked to each wing by an exterior covered east-west corridor. This arrangement was designed mainly for staff, but also helped to minimise the risk of spreading fire, a serious consideration in institutions of the time. It also provided privacy for the patients in the wings as well as direct access to the facilities in the central block, including the dining and recreational halls. Sunnyside Royal Hospital, designed by the architect, William Lambie Moffatt (1808-82), was built in 1855-7 on a hillside site 6km north of Montrose to replace the old Royal Asylum in the town. The new site was further developed in 1888-91 when a hospital block, designed by the architects, Sydney Mitchell & Wilson, was built to the north-west of the main building, and a large villa, Carnegie Lodge, designed by the Aberdeen architect, William Kelly (c.1861-1944), was added to house private patients. Another two villas, Howden Villa and North Esk Villa, were built in the early 1900s to provide accommodation for pauper patients, and a nurses' home was constructed in 1935. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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