Murray Royal Hospital
| Murray Royal Hospital | |
|---|---|
| NHS Tayside | |
| File:Murray Royal - geograph.org.uk - 23490.jpg The chapel and flanking villas built in 1904 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 56°23′59″N 3°25′05″W / 56.3998°N 3.4181°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Scotland |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Speciality | Mental health |
| History | |
| Opened | 1828 |
| Links | |
| Website | No URL found. Please specify a URL here or add one to Wikidata. |
The Murray Royal Hospital is a mental-health facility in Perth, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Tayside. The original main building is a Category A listed building.[1]
History
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The hospital arose from a bequest by James Murray, a local man who had inherited considerable wealth after his half brother died at sea.[2] The facility, which was designed by William Burn in the neoclassical style using a corridor plan layout, opened as James Murray's Royal Lunatic Asylum in 1828.[3] Additional wings, designed by Burn, were added in 1833 and Pitcullen House, a neighbouring property, was acquired for use as a superintendent's residence in 1849.[3] More wings, this time designed by Andrew Heiton Junior, were added in 1888 and a chapel and two flanking half-timbered villas were added in 1904.[3] The hospital joined the National Health Service as James Murray's Royal Mental Hospital in 1948.[4] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and such a large facility was no longer necessary: a modern facility, designed by Atkins and built by Morgan Sindall and Robertson Group at a cost of £75 million on the same site, opened in June 2012.[5] The new facilities include the Rohallion Secure Care Clinic which incorporates both a low secure unit and a medium secure unit.[5] The archives of the hospital are held by Archive Services at the University of Dundee.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Main Building, Former Murray Royal Hospital, Muirhall Road, Perth (Category A Listed Building) (LB39321)". Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Collection THB 29 - Murray Royal Asylum". Archive Services Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Murray Royal Hospital (Former): Main Block, Muirhall Road, Perth". Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ↑ "Murray Royal Hospital, Perth". National Archives. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "New chapter opens at Murray Royal". Daily Record. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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