Royal Dundee Liff Hospital
Hospital (19th Century)
Site Name Royal Dundee Liff Hospital
Classification Hospital (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Liff Hospital; Westgreen Asylum
Canmore ID 113876
Site Number NO33SW 78
NGR NO 34243 32797
NGR Description Centred NO 34243 32797
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the WSW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the ESE.
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View of S elevation from ESE
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![Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of memorial plaque with inscription "Poorhouse Hospital. Erected 1891-93. Under the Supervision of the Works Committee of the Parochial Board Composed on the Opening of the Hospital of the Following Named Members [...] W.Alexander Architect"](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02630888.jpg)
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Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of memorial plaque with inscription "Poorhouse Hospital. Erected 1891-93. Under the Supervision of the Works Committee of the Parochial Board Composed on the Opening of the Hospital of the Following Named Members [...] W.Alexander Architect"
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/5/2001
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![Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of memorial plaque with inscription "Poorhouse Hospital. For the Sick Poor of the Combined Parishes of Dundee and Liff and Benvie. The Foundation Stone of Which Was Laid With Masonic Honours By Sir Archibald Campbell Bart of Blythswood [...] "](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02630889.jpg)
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Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of memorial plaque with inscription "Poorhouse Hospital. For the Sick Poor of the Combined Parishes of Dundee and Liff and Benvie. The Foundation Stone of Which Was Laid With Masonic Honours By Sir Archibald Campbell Bart of Blythswood [...] "
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/5/2001
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the WNW.
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View of N side from WNW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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View of N side from NW
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![Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of memorial plaque with inscription "Poorhouse Hospital. For the Sick Poor of the Combined Parishes of Dundee and Liff and Benvie. The Foundation Stone of Which Was Laid With Masonic Honours By Sir Archibald Campbell Bart of Blythswood [...] "](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC01392518.jpg)
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Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of memorial plaque with inscription "Poorhouse Hospital. For the Sick Poor of the Combined Parishes of Dundee and Liff and Benvie. The Foundation Stone of Which Was Laid With Masonic Honours By Sir Archibald Campbell Bart of Blythswood [...] "
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/5/2001
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the E.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the WNW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the S.
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View of N side from NW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of mural by Alberto Morrocco on W wall
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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View of SW corner from WSW
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the SSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the SSW.
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View of E side from SE
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Interior. View of patients dining room from NW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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Aerial view of Dundee Liff Hospital, looking NE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
27/1/2008
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View from SE with benches at left
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View from SW
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View of E side from SE
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View of SW corner from WSW
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View of S elevation from SSE from lawn
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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View from SE with benches at left
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View of S elevation from SSE from lawn
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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View from SE with benches at left
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View of N side from NW
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View of W side from SW
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Interior. View of patients dining room from NW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/5/2001
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the SSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1/5/2001
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the E.
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View of S elevation from ESE
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View of S elevation from SSE from lawn
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Interior. View of patients dining room from NW
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View of S elevation from ESE
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View from SW
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View of E side from SE
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View of E side from SE
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17/5/2001
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the WNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1/5/2001
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1/5/2001
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the SW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1/5/2001
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Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of mural by Alberto Morrocco on E wall
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/5/2001
© Crown Copyright: HES
![Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of memorial plaque with inscription "Poorhouse Hospital. Erected 1891-93. Under the Supervision of the Works Committee of the Parochial Board Composed on the Opening of the Hospital of the Following Named Members [...] W.Alexander Architect"](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC01392517.jpg)
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Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of memorial plaque with inscription "Poorhouse Hospital. Erected 1891-93. Under the Supervision of the Works Committee of the Parochial Board Composed on the Opening of the Hospital of the Following Named Members [...] W.Alexander Architect"
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/5/2001
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the S.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1/5/2001
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1/5/2001
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Oblique aerial view centred on the hospital and offices, taken from the NNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1/5/2001
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View of central section from S
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View of central section from S
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View of SW corner from WSW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/5/2001
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![Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of memorial plaque with inscription "Poorhouse Hospital. Erected 1891-93. Under the Supervision of the Works Committee of the Parochial Board Composed on the Opening of the Hospital of the Following Named Members [...] W.Alexander Architect"](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02630888.jpg)
![Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of memorial plaque with inscription "Poorhouse Hospital. For the Sick Poor of the Combined Parishes of Dundee and Liff and Benvie. The Foundation Stone of Which Was Laid With Masonic Honours By Sir Archibald Campbell Bart of Blythswood [...] "](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02630889.jpg)
![Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of memorial plaque with inscription "Poorhouse Hospital. For the Sick Poor of the Combined Parishes of Dundee and Liff and Benvie. The Foundation Stone of Which Was Laid With Masonic Honours By Sir Archibald Campbell Bart of Blythswood [...] "](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC01392518.jpg)
![Interior. Patients dining room. Detail of memorial plaque with inscription "Poorhouse Hospital. Erected 1891-93. Under the Supervision of the Works Committee of the Parochial Board Composed on the Opening of the Hospital of the Following Named Members [...] W.Alexander Architect"](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC01392517.jpg)
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Liff And Benvie (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
NO33SW 78 centred 34243 32797
NO33SW 78.01 34369 32841 Unit Offices
NO33SW 78.02 34257 32937 Main Gate Lodge & Gatepiers
NO33SW 78.03 24529 32658 Liff House
