World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Date 1 October 2013
Event ID 964867
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/964867
Perth District Lunatic Asylum was opened to patients in April 1864 and closed, as Murthly Hospital, in 1984. The complex became Murthly War Hospital in the First World War, with beds for 350 other ranks. Between January 1917 and March 1919 the hospital was used as a Military Psychiatric Hospital, the civilian patients being moved to other local psychiatric hospitals.
The 2nd edition OS map makes clear the scale of the complex, which included a graveyard at the west end (now built over) and a tramway from the railway station at the southern edge.
While the main building has been demolished, the administration block survives (listed C) and three substantial 'villas', possibly including the medical superintendent's house at the east side, seem to have survived.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 1 October 2013.
