Basic Site Details

Name: Edinburgh Royal Lunatic Asylum
City or county: Edinburgh
Country: Scotland
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Notes: See separate entry for its predecessor, also the Edinburgh Royal Lunatic Asylum

Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
 NameCurrent name?Notes
Item 1 of 5MacKinnon HouseYes 
Item 2 of 5Morningside AsylumYes 
Item 3 of 5Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Mental Disorders  
Item 4 of 5Royal Morningside AsylumYes 
Item 5 of 5West HouseYes 

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Psychiatric hospital  

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
 AddressMain entrance?Notes
Item 1 of 2Morningside TerraceYes 
Item 2 of 2Royal Edinburgh Hospital/ 23, Tipperlin RoadYes 

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 1618391842 Original building
Item 2 of 166 August 1842 OpenedOpened; only central block and east range built
Item 3 of 161845  Addition
Item 4 of 1618521857 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
Item 5 of 161858  Westerley House and laundry
Item 6 of 16Before 1861  Addition of laundry and block for refractory patients, HS gives date as 1852
Item 7 of 161867  North west range
Item 8 of 16May 1868  Plans for alterations and improvements drawn up
Item 9 of 161874  New wing
Item 10 of 16c. 1883  Alterations
Item 11 of 161912  Nurses home, new quadrangular pavilion
Item 12 of 161936  Further work
Item 13 of 1615 April 1960 Proposedextension - not started as of 1 Dec 1959; £601,000 est. expenditure to complete work per Builder p747
Item 14 of 1630 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
Item 15 of 161 December 1960 Plans prepared, construction not yet begunfor 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
Item 16 of 161 December 1960 Plans prepared, construction not yet begunfor 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

People

Design and Construction

The 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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 25William BurnArchitectA18391842Original building
Item 2 of 25Burn & BryceArchitectural practiceB1845 Addition
Item 3 of 25David BryceArchitectB1845 Addition
Item 4 of 25William BurnArchitectB1845 Addition
Item 5 of 25David BryceArchitectC18521857Completion 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
Item 6 of 25David BryceArchitectD1858 Westerley House
Item 7 of 25David BryceArchitectEBefore 1861 Addition of laundry and block for refractory patients, Mackinnon House
Item 8 of 25Robert PatersonArchitectF1867 North west range
Item 9 of 25William Lambie Moffatt (originally William Lambie Moffat)ArchitectL1868 Alterations and improvements
Item 10 of 25William Lambie Moffatt (originally William Lambie Moffat)ArchitectG1874 New wing
Item 11 of 25Knox & HuttonArchitectural practiceIc. 1883 Alterations
Item 12 of 25William Knox (or Wilm Knox?)ArchitectIc. 1883 Alterations
Item 13 of 25___ HuttonArchitectIc. 1883 Alterations
Item 14 of 25Henry & MaclennanArchitectural practiceJ1912 Nurses home, new quadrangular pavilion
Item 15 of 25James Macintyre HenryArchitectJ1912 Nurses home, new quadrangular pavilion
Item 16 of 25Thomas Forbes MaclennanArchitectJ1912 Nurses home, new quadrangular pavilion
Item 17 of 25Frank Coutts WebsterArchitectKc. 1920c. 1930Plans for outpatient clinic, teaching unit - perhaps at Royal Edinburgh?
Item 18 of 25Ernest Arthur Oliphant Auldjo JamiesonArchitectLc. 1923 Alterations - verandahs, kitchen etc
Item 19 of 25James Alexander ArnottArchitectLc. 1923 Alterations - verandahs, kitchen etc
Item 20 of 25Jamieson & ArnottArchitectural practiceLc. 1923 Alterations - verandahs, kitchen etc
Item 21 of 25David John ChisholmArchitectL1936 Further work?
Item 22 of 25Dick Peddie, Todd & JamiesonArchitectural practiceL1936 Further work?
Item 23 of 25George Lindsay Auldjo JamiesonArchitectL1936 Further work?
Item 24 of 25William James Walker ToddArchitectL1936 Further work?
Item 25 of 25South 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
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Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 1Morningside Asylum Managers 

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Child Structures

This structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details):
 Building NameNotes
Item 1 of 3Morningside Asylum, Jordanburn Lecture Hall, West House 
Item 2 of 3Royal Edinburgh Hospital, adolescent unit 
Item 3 of 3Royal Edinburgh Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Department of Psychiatry 

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 4Darragh, Alison2011Prison or Palace? Haven or Hell? An architectural and social study of the development of public lunatic asylums in Scotl Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrewsvol 1, pp 72-4, 184-6
vol 2, p 350 (dining hall)
vol 3, pp 65-8
Item 2 of 4Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M1984Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltdp620
Item 3 of 4Richardson, HarrietN.D.Scottish Hospitals Survey Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive)Listed as Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Item 4 of 4Royal Edinburgh Hospital Royal Edinburgh Hospital annual reports   

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 5Architect and Building News1934Jan-Jun p22
Item 2 of 5Architect and Building News1936Jul-Dec p227
Item 3 of 5Builder15 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
Item 4 of 5Builder30 September 1960  'Hospital Extensions, Edinburgh' p636
Item 5 of 5Builder14 April 1961  'Civil Estimates, 1961-62: Health Estimates, The Scottish Estimates' p721

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 6Edinburgh City ArchivesEdinburgh Dean of Guild  
Item 2 of 6Historic ScotlandListed Buildings Register27718 
Item 3 of 6Lothian Health Board/Edinburgh Univ, Spec Collns …Lothian Health Board Archives Plans, Annual Reports and Minutes
Item 4 of 6National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO)William Lambie Moffatt Cash Book 1859-1881 GD 1/412/1 p14
Item 5 of 6National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMSSydney Mitchell & Wilson Collection SMW 1880/34/1-21 (the reference is for work by Bryce, Knox & Hutton, Jamieson & Arnott etc)
Item 6 of 6Royal Edinburgh Infirmary ArchivesAsylum Minute and Report Books 1850-1867