Basic Site Details Name: | Edinburgh Royal Lunatic Asylum | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | See separate entry for its predecessor, also the Edinburgh Royal Lunatic Asylum | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | MacKinnon House | Yes | |  | Morningside Asylum | Yes | |  | Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Mental Disorders | | |  | Royal Morningside Asylum | Yes | |  | West House | Yes | |
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 |  | Morningside Terrace | Yes | |  | Royal Edinburgh Hospital/ 23, Tipperlin Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1839 | 1842 | | Original building |  | 6 August 1842 | | Opened | Opened; only central block and east range built |  | 1845 | | | Addition |  | 1852 | 1857 | | Completion of W range of Burn's incomplete hospital and addition of wash-house at West House, kitchen at East House, octagonal building, and separate building for noisy patients |  | 1858 | | | Westerley House and laundry |  | Before 1861 | | | Addition of laundry and block for refractory patients, HS gives date as 1852 |  | 1867 | | | North west range |  | May 1868 | | | Plans for alterations and improvements drawn up |  | 1874 | | | New wing |  | c. 1883 | | | Alterations |  | 1912 | | | Nurses home, new quadrangular pavilion |  | 1936 | | | Further work |  | 15 April 1960 | | Proposed | extension - not started as of 1 Dec 1959; £601,000 est. expenditure to complete work per Builder p747 |  | 30 September 1960 | | Scheme accepted | £500,000 extension to West House and Jordanburn hospitals approved last week, scheduled complete by 1964; professorial unit also to be built on site within the next 2 years per Builder p636 |  | 1 December 1960 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | for extension to Royal Edinburgh Mental Hospital; £620,000 (total estimated cost - equipment costs not known), £54,000 (probable expenditure to March 31, 1961), £100,000 (estimated expenditure in 1961-62) per Builder 14 Apr 1961 p721 |  | 1 December 1960 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | for professorial unit at Royal Edinburgh Mental Hospital; £130,000 (total estimated cost - equipment costs not known), nil (probable expenditure to March 31, 1961), £5,000 (estimated expenditure in 1961-62) per Builder 14 Apr 1961 p721 |  | 1969 | | Alterations and additions | Ward upgrading |
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 Burn | Architect | A | 1839 | 1842 | Original building |  | Burn & Bryce | Architectural practice | B | 1845 | | Addition |  | David Bryce | Architect | B | 1845 | | Addition |  | William Burn | Architect | B | 1845 | | Addition |  | David Bryce | Architect | C | 1852 | 1857 | Completion of W range of Burn's incomplete hospital and addition of wash-house at West House, kitchen at East House, octagonal building, and separate building for noisy patients |  | David Bryce | Architect | D | 1858 | | Westerley House |  | David Bryce | Architect | E | Before 1861 | | Addition of laundry and block for refractory patients, Mackinnon House |  | Robert Paterson | Architect | F | 1867 | | North west range |  | William Lambie Moffatt (originally William Lambie Moffat) | Architect | L | 1868 | | Alterations and improvements |  | William Lambie Moffatt (originally William Lambie Moffat) | Architect | G | 1874 | | New wing |  | John Hutton | Architect | I | c. 1883 | | Alterations |  | Knox & Hutton | Architectural practice | I | c. 1883 | | Alterations |  | William Knox (or Wilm Knox?) | Architect | I | c. 1883 | | Alterations |  | Henry & Maclennan | Architectural practice | J | 1912 | | Nurses home, new quadrangular pavilion |  | James Macintyre Henry | Architect | J | 1912 | | Nurses home, new quadrangular pavilion |  | Thomas Forbes Maclennan | Architect | J | 1912 | | Nurses home, new quadrangular pavilion |  | Frank Coutts Webster | Architect | K | c. 1920 | c. 1930 | Plans for outpatient clinic, teaching unit - perhaps at Royal Edinburgh? |  | Auldjo Jamieson & Arnott | Architectural practice | L | c. 1923 | | Alterations - verandahs, kitchen etc |  | Ernest Arthur Oliphant Auldjo Jamieson | Architect | L | c. 1923 | | Alterations - verandahs, kitchen etc |  | James Alexander Arnott | Architect | L | c. 1923 | | Alterations - verandahs, kitchen etc |  | David John Chisholm | Architect | L | 1936 | | Further work? |  | Dick Peddie, Todd & Jamieson | Architectural practice | L | 1936 | | Further work? |  | George Lindsay Auldjo Jamieson | Architect | L | 1936 | | Further work? |  | William James Walker Todd | Architect | L | 1936 | | Further work? |  | South East Regional Hospital Board, Architect's Department (or South Eastern Hospital Board) | Architectural Department (New Towns etc) | | 30 September 1960 | | J. Holt, Board's chief architect announced extension work and professorial unit per Builder p636 need to CHECK role |  | Alan Reiach Eric Hall & Partners | Architectural practice | M | 1969 | | Ward upgrading - with James Stewart Renton as partner in charge |  | James Stuart Renton | Architect | M | 1969 | | Ward upgrading - partner in charge |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Morningside Asylum Managers | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | |  | 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, pp 72-4, 184-6 vol 2, p 350 (dining hall) vol 3, pp 65-8 |  | Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p620 |  | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Royal Edinburgh Hospital |  | Royal Edinburgh Hospital | | Royal Edinburgh Hospital annual reports | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architect and Building News | 1934 | Jan-Jun | | p22 |  | Architect and Building News | 1936 | Jul-Dec | | p227 |  | Builder | 15 April 1960 | | | 'The Week in Parliament: The Hospital Building Programme' pp746-747; summarizes expenditure on hospital buildings as published in 1960-61 Civil Estimates for the National Health Service of England, Wales and Scotland, published on March 29; 17 Scottish schemes already in progress as of 1 Dec 1959, 8 works not started in Dec are reported in Builder article |  | Builder | 30 September 1960 | | | 'Hospital Extensions, Edinburgh' p636 |  | Builder | 14 April 1961 | | | 'Civil Estimates, 1961-62: Health Estimates, The Scottish Estimates' p721 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Edinburgh City Archives | Edinburgh Dean of Guild | | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 27718 | |  | Lothian Health Board/Edinburgh Univ, Spec Collns … | Lothian Health Board Archives | | Plans, Annual Reports and Minutes |  | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Register House Plans | RHP 93765 | |  | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | William Lambie Moffatt Cash Book 1859-1881 GD 1/412/1 | | p14 |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson Collection | | SMW 1880/34/1-21 (the reference is for work by Bryce, Knox & Hutton, Jamieson & Arnott etc) |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | F no6844 (Combined Box 163) | Fellowship paper |  | Royal Edinburgh Infirmary Archives | Asylum Minute and Report Books | | 1850-1867 |
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