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Montrose, Sunnyside Royal Hospital Northesk Villa
Hospital (20th Century)
Site Name Montrose, Sunnyside Royal Hospital Northesk Villa
Classification Hospital (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hillside, Montrose Royal Mental Hospital; Royal Lunatic Asylum
Canmore ID 320681
Site Number NO76SW 58.03
NGR NO 70864 61831
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/320681
- Council Angus
- Parish Montrose
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
3-storey, 5-bay, irregular-plan, crow-stepped villa with distinctive ogee arch detailing around windows. Pinned and coursed rubble with ashlar margins. Base course. Entrance porch in re-entrant angle to W with segmental-arched openings.
This distinctive and well-detailed villa was built to house female patients and has good external decoration with interesting ogee-arch detailing. It forms a significant part of 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)
