Montrose, Sunnyside Royal Hospital Infirmary
Hospital (19th Century)
Site Name Montrose, Sunnyside Royal Hospital Infirmary
Classification Hospital (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hillside, Montrose Royal Mental Hospital; Royal Lunatic Asylum
Canmore ID 320672
Site Number NO76SW 58.02
NGR NO 70655 61718
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/320672
- Council Angus
- Parish Montrose
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: Sydney Mitchell & Willson - Hospital 1888, opened 1891
Original building erected 1780-82 (see NO75NW 49, Montrose, Ferry Road)
William Middleton (reconstruction c. 1840)
John Sim - Asylum block 1901
William Kelly 1895 (extensions to original lunatic asylum)
Opened 1891
NMRS REFERENCE
See NMRS paper catalogue Tayside, Angus L-M for newscutting from The Building Chronicle, No 28, 1 July 1856
(Vol. 2 (1856-7), p.80)
Long, symmetrical, former Free Jacobean hospital block (now disused, 2012) comprising single storey corridor with 4, 2-storey and attic, advanced Dutch-gabled pavilion wings to S and with mix of 2-storey and single storey buildings to rear (N); some later. Coursed, rock-faced sandstone with ashlar margins. Base course, some cill courses, cornice. Raised margins; some moulded architraves. Some bi- and tripartite window openings with stone mullions and transoms. Wallhead dormers with round-arched dormerheads. Polygonal metal ridge vents with louvred openings and finialled dome caps. Former open verandahs to S (now boarded, 2012).
This well-detailed building with its fine decorative features is a significant addition to the Sunnyside Hospital complex. Sunnyside Asylum developed in the 19th century as a replacement for the first lunatic asylum in Scotland at Montrose. The hospital consists of a related group of buildings, informally set in a semi-parkland setting on a hillside overlooking Montrose. The site is significant in remaining largely intact and retaining the integrity of a self-contained psychiatric hospital. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)
