Basic Site Details Name: | Montrose Asylum | Town, district or village: | Hillside, Montrose | City or county: | Angus | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | C listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | See separate entry for this building's predecessor.
Cost of Moffat's building: £27,513 7s 5d.
Competition held in 1886 for new hospital block; H Saxon Snell & Son as assessors.
Some plans at hospital. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Montrose Royal Asylum | | | | Montrose Royal Lunatic Asylum | | | | Sunnyside Royal Hospital | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Hospital | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Hillside | Yes | | | Montrose Asylum, Sunnyside | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1855 | 1857 | | | | 1875 | 1876 | | Additions | | August 1875 | | | Proposed additions - dining hall, recreation room, enlargement of stores, extension of washhouse and laundry offices, new washhouse | | 7 September 1875 | | | Working plans prepared for additions and estimates to be obtained | | 1879 | | | Additions | | 1886 | 1888 | | Addition of new hospital block to south-west | | 10 October 1888 | | Foundation stone | Foundation stone of hospital block | | 26 April 1901 | | Contracts advertised | Contracts advertised for new works | | 1902 | | | North Esk Villa added | | c. 1930 | | Plans dated | Alterations? - plans of central kitchen and sections of tunnel, plan showing layout of kitchen fittings, plan showing water pipes and hydrants. |
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 | | William Lambie Moffatt (originally William Lambie Moffat) | | | 1855 | 1857 | Original building | | James Aitken | | D | 1875 | 1876 | Additions - dining hall, recreation room, enlargement of stores, extension of washhouse and laundry offices, new washhouse | | Moffatt & Aitken (or Moffat & Aitken) | | D | 1875 | 1876 | Additions - dining hall, recreation room, enlargement of stores, extension of washhouse and laundry offices, new washhouse | | William Lambie Moffatt (originally William Lambie Moffat) | | D | 1875 | 1876 | Additions - dining hall, recreation room, enlargement of stores, extension of washhouse and laundry offices, new washhouse | | (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson | | | 1879 | | Alterations and additions | | Alfred Walter Saxon Snell | | B | 1886 | | Consulted for selection of design in competition for new hospital block | | Harry Saxon Snell | | B | 1886 | | Consulted for selection of design in competition for new hospital block | | Henry Saxon Snell | | B | 1886 | | Consulted for selection of design in competition for new hospital block | | Arthur George Sydney Mitchell | | C | 1886 | 1888 | Addition of new hospital block to south-west - won in competition | | George Wilson | | C | 1886 | 1888 | Addition of new hospital block to south-west - won in competition | | H Saxon Snell & Son | | B | 1887 | | Consulted for selection of design in competition for new hospital block | | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson | | C | 1887 | 1888 | Addition of new hospital block to south-west - won in competition (begun before Wilson was taken into partnership) | | Arthur George Sydney Mitchell | | H | 1901 | | Additions | | George Wilson | | H | 1901 | | Additions | | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson | | H | 1901 | | Additions | | Andrew David Haxton | | | c. 1930 | | Alterations? |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresThis structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details): | | Building Name | Notes | | Montrose Asylum, Angus House | Nurses' home. - try to clarify when this was built | | Montrose Asylum, Carnegie House | New block for private patients. | | Montrose Asylum, Carnegie Lodge | Superintendent's house. NB This seems to be quite different from Carnegie House | | Montrose Asylum, Howden Villa | It is not clear whether this is the same villa noted in Building News pf 1904 -
A villa has been added to the Royal Lunatic Asylum at Montrose at a cost of £1,300 from plans by Mr. John Sim, architect, of that borough. [Building News 16 September 1904 p395] | | Montrose Asylum, North Esk Villa | | | Montrose Hospital, psychiatric unit | Cost £90,000 | | Montrose Royal Hospital, Therapy Unit | Cost £75,000 | | Sunnyside Royal Hospital, Boilerhouse and Laundry | Cost £80,000 | | Sunnyside Royal Hospital, nurses' home | Cost of 1978 alterations £100,000. Situated to S of main building. |
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 1, p 78 vol 2, pp 251-2, 283 (farm), 291 (Howden and North Esk Villas), 368, 398 (bakery), 410 (recreation hall) vol 3, pp 121-3 | | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p522-3 | | Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | | London: Mansell Publishing | | | Presly, A S | 1981 | A Sunnyside Chronicle | | Tayside Health Board | | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Sunnyside Royal Hospital | | RSA | 1887 | | | | 711 | | www.dundee.ac.uk/museums/exhibitions/sunnydays | | www.dundee.ac.uk/museums/exhibitions/sunnydays | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 1931 | Jul-Dec | | p335 | | Architect and Building News | 1932 | Jan-Jun | | p240 | | Architect and Building News | 1936 | Jan-June | | p116 | | Builder | Late 1886 | LI | | p36 | | Building Chronicle | 1 July 1856 | II | | p80 | | Building News | 26 April 1901 | | | p580 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Edinburgh University Library | Anderson Collection (Plans and drawings) | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 17752 | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 52044 | Sydney Mitchell block to SW of main block | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Haxton & Watson Collection | | HW 1920/11/25 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson Collection | | SMW 1880/27/1-2 | | Perth Royal Infirmary | Tayside Health Board Annual Reports 1838-1947 | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Joseph Anderson Allan: F no4106 | | Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | Canmore | 107583 | |
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