Basic Site Details Name: | Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum | Town, district or village: | Liff | City or county: | Angus | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Liff and Benvie | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | See separate entry for original Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum at Stobswell, which was superseded by this building. (Patients were transferred in 1882.)
Cost: £60,000.
Greystanes House and Gowrie House are B Listed but Liff House, unit offices and lodge are C Listed.
Private asylum is a separate Scottish Baronial building. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Dundee District Asylum | | As referred to in David Thomson's LRIBA nomination papers |  | Greystanes House | Yes | Also Liff House |  | Royal Dundee Liff Hospital | Yes | |  | West Green Asylum | | |  | Westgreen Asylum | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Psychiatric hospital | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | West Green | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1874 | 1882 | | Main hospital wards block,gatelodge, superintendent's house etc |  | 17 September 1879 | | Foundation stone | |  | 1882 | | | Patients transferred here from the old asylum |  | 1898 | 1901 | | New private asylum (separate building?) and new sick wards (building dated 1900) |  | November 1901 | | Completion | 'almost complete' [Builder 23 November 1901] |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes |  | Charles Edward | Architect | A | 1874 | 1882 | Main hospital wards block,gatelodge, superintendent's house etc |  | Edward & Robertson | Architectural practice | A | 1874 | 1882 | Main hospital wards block,gatelodge, superintendent's house etc |  | Thomas Saunders Robertson | Architect | A | 1874 | 1882 | Main hospital wards block,gatelodge, superintendent's house etc |  | David Thomson | Architect | B | 1898 | | As assistant to Thomas Saunders Robertson - New private asylum and new sick wards (building dated 1900) |  | Thomas Saunders Robertson | Architect | B | 1898 | 1901 | New private asylum and new sick wards (building dated 1900) |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Darragh, Alison | 2011 | Prison or Palace? Heaven or Hell? An architectural and social study of the development of public lunatic asylums in Scot | | Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews | vol 3, pp 54-5 |  | Dundee Yearbook | 1890 | | | | |  | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p597 |  | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Royal Dundee Liff Hospital |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 47568 | Greystanes (principal building of the original asylum) |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 47564 | Liff House (Original superintendent's house) |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 47566 | Gate lodge |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 47565 | Unit offices (uncertain of original function) |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 47567 | Gowrie House (private patient accommodation) |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | David Thomson: L v26 no2117 |
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