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Murray Royal Hospital, Hospital Chapel
Date 26 May 2021
Event ID 1127806
Category Recording
Type Photographic Survey
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1127806
MURRAY ROYAL HOSPITAL CHAPEL was recorded as part of the Threatened Buildings Survey on 26th May 2021 prior to their proposed redevelopment.
The Hospital Chapel was designed by Dr A R Urquhart, the chief physician of the hospital and built 1903-4. He was presumably assisted by Maclaren and Mackay who were the architects for the flanking Elcho and Birnam Villas which were constructed at the same time. The three stained glass windows in the apse of the Chapel are early works by Douglas Strachan depicting the Good Samaritan. He was probably also responsible for the other stained-glass window in the chapel depicting the Dove descending with angels. Although the seating had been removed at the time of survey the chapel retains its original organ, pulpit and lecturn. The exterior is adorned with a fine weathervane and distinctive metal waterspout in the form of a dragon’s head
The James Murray bequest that originally funded the Murray Royal Hospital came from the proceeds of wealth created overseas through Scotland’s Colonial enterprise.
