The following date-based events are associated with this building: |
| From | To | Event type | Notes |
 | 1859 | | | Competition designs |
 | 1859 | 1864 | Construction | |
 | April 1860 | | | Date of drawings of Peddie & Kinnear schemes |
 | 1874 | | | Airing courts removed |
 | 1881 | | Alterations and additions | Additions |
 | 2 June 1891 | | | Byre/piggeries built |
 | 28 June 1895 | | Journal reference | Gas house, stables and additions |
 | 1896 | 1898 | Addition | Further male and female wards |
 | 10 April 1896 | | Journal reference | Alterations and additions |
 | 24 September 1897 | | Journal reference | Heating of new hospital wing |
 | 5 October 1897 | | Journal reference | Enginehouse stack and boiler house |
 | 14 January 1898 | | Journal reference | Alterations and additions |
 | 1 March 1901 | | Journal reference | Piggeries and slaughterhouse |
 | 28 January 1902 | | Journal reference | Dining rooms |
 | 29 May 1903 | | Journal reference | Workshops |
 | 14 March 1905 | | Journal reference | Alterations and additions to Kinmylies House (Also see entry for this) |
 | 2 February 1906 | | Journal reference | Grieve's house, cart shed and straw barn and corn room etc at Kinmylies House (see separate entry) |
 | 17 May 1907 | | Journal reference | Mortuary |
 | 18 March 1913 | | Journal reference | Cottages |
 | 1927 | | | New recreation hall |
 | 1932 | 1936 | | New nurses' home |
 | 1932 | c. 1936 | Build/construction | Isolation blocks for consumption and typhoid sufferers |
 | 1970s | | Addition | New kitchen |
 | 2000 | | Closed | |
 | 2009 | | Destruction/demolition | Main building burnt down |
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. |
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes |
 | George Fowler Jones | Architect | | 1859 | | Unsuccessful competition design. James Matthews appointed |
 | James Matthews | Architect | A | 1859 | 1864 | Won in limited competition (with William Lawrie as assistant) |
 | William Lawrie | Architect | A | 1859 | 1864 | Won in limited competition (as assistant to James Matthews) |
 | Charles George Hood Kinnear | Architect | C | 1859 | | 5 alternative schemes for competition - not successful |
 | John Dick Peddie | Architect | C | 1859 | | 5 alternative schemes for competition - not successful |
 | Peddie & Kinnear | Architectural practice | C | 1859 | | 5 alternative schemes for competition - not successful |
 | James Matthews | Architect | B | 1881 | | Alterations and additions |
 | John Hinton Gall | Architect | B | 1881 | | Alterations and additions - as chief assistant to Matthews & Lawrie |
 | Matthews & Lawrie | Architectural practice | B | 1881 | | Alterations and additions |
 | William Lawrie | Architect | B | 1881 | | Alterations and additions |
 | Alexander Ross | Architect | D | 1891 | | Byre |
 | Robert John Macbeth | Architect | D | 1891 | | Byre |
 | Ross & Macbeth | Architectural practice | D | 1891 | | Byre |
 | Alexander Ross | Architect | E | 1895 | | Gas house, stables and additions |
 | Robert John Macbeth | Architect | E | 1895 | | Gas house, stables and additions |
 | Ross & Macbeth | Architectural practice | E | 1895 | | Gas house, stables and additions |
 | Alexander Ross | Architect | F | 1896 | | Alterations and additions - probably new hospital wing |
 | Robert John Macbeth | Architect | F | 1896 | | Alterations and additions - probably new hospital wing |
 | Ross & Macbeth | Architectural practice | F | 1896 | | Alterations and additions - probably new hospital wing |
 | Alexander Ross | Architect | G | 1897 | | Heating of new hospital wing, enginehouse stack and boiler house |
 | Robert John Macbeth | Architect | G | 1897 | | Heating of new hospital wing, enginehouse stack and boiler house |
 | Ross & Macbeth | Architectural practice | G | 1897 | | Heating of new hospital wing, enginehouse stack and boiler house |
 | Joseph Arthur Smith | Architect | | After 1897 | Before 1933 | Extensions - possibly as assistant to Ross & Macbeth (if so, between 1897 and 1899) |
 | Alexander Ross | Architect | H | 1898 | | Alterations and additions |
 | Donald MacDonald | Architect | H | 1898 | | Additions and alterations - as apprentice to Ross & Macbeth |
 | Robert John Macbeth | Architect | H | 1898 | | Alterations and additions |
 | Ross & Macbeth | Architectural practice | H | 1898 | | Alterations and additions |
 | William Wardlaw Sclanders | Architect | H | 1898 | | Alterations and additions - as assistant to Ross & Macbeth |
 | Alexander Ross | Architect | I | 1901 | | Piggeries and slaughterhouse |
 | Robert John Macbeth | Architect | I | 1901 | | Piggeries and slaughterhouse |
 | Ross & Macbeth | Architectural practice | I | 1901 | | Piggeries and slaughterhouse |
 | William Wardlaw Sclanders | Architect | I | 1901 | | Piggeries and slaughterhouse - as assistant to Ross & Macbeth |
 | Alexander Ross | Architect | J | 1902 | | Dining rooms |
 | Robert John Macbeth | Architect | J | 1902 | | Dining rooms |
 | Ross & Macbeth | Architectural practice | J | 1902 | | Dining rooms |
 | William Wardlaw Sclanders | Architect | J | 1902 | | Dining rooms - as assistant to Ross & Macbeth |
 | Alexander Ross | Architect | K | 1903 | | Workshops |
 | Robert John Macbeth | Architect | K | 1903 | | Workshops |
 | Ross & Macbeth | Architectural practice | K | 1903 | | Workshops |
 | William Wardlaw Sclanders | Architect | K | 1903 | | Workshops - as assistant to Ross & Macbeth |
 | Alexander Ross | Architect | L | 1905 | | Alterations and additions |
 | Robert John Macbeth | Architect | L | 1905 | | Alterations and additions |
 | Ross & Macbeth | Architectural practice | L | 1905 | | Alterations and additions |
 | William Wardlaw Sclanders | Architect | L | 1905 | | Alterations and additions - as assistant to Ross & Macbeth |
 | Alexander Ross | Architect | M | 1906 | | Grieve's house, cart shed and straw barn and corn room etc |
 | Robert John Macbeth | Architect | M | 1906 | | Grieve's house, cart shed and straw barn and corn room etc |
 | Ross & Macbeth | Architectural practice | M | 1906 | | Grieve's house, cart shed and straw barn and corn room etc |
 | Alexander Ross | Architect | N | 1907 | | Mortuary |
 | Robert John Macbeth | Architect | N | 1907 | | Mortuary |
 | Ross & Macbeth | Architectural practice | N | 1907 | | Mortuary |
 | William Wardlaw Sclanders | Architect | N | 1907 | | Mortuary - as assistant to Ross & Macbeth |
 | Alexander Ross | Architect | O | 1913 | | Cottages; also new recreation hall (no date) |
 | Alexander Ross & Son | Architectural practice | O | 1913 | | Cottages; also recreation hall (no date) |
 | John Alistair Ross | Architect | O | 1913 | | Cottages; also recreation hall (no date) |
 | Alexander Ross & Son | Architectural practice | P | 1932 | | Nurses' home and sanatorium |
 | John Alistair Ross | Architect | P | 1932 | | Nurses' home and sanatorium |
 | George Bennett Mitchell & Son | Architectural practice | Z | 1970s | | New kitchen |
 | Henry Alan Shanks Hamilton | | Z | 1970s | | New kitchen |
 | Robert Roger Alexander | Architect | Z | 1970s | | New kitchen |
The 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 2, pp 231-2, 288 (superintendent's house), 294-5 (recreation hall), 359, 369-71, 391 (mortuary), 397 (laundry), 398 (kitchens), 414 (billiard room) |
 | Gifford, John | 1992 | Highland and Islands (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Penguin Books | p193 |
 | Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | | London: Mansell Publishing | |
 | Macleod, I | 1964 | Craig Dunain Hospital 1864-1964 | | | |
 | RIBA | 1980 | Directory of Practices 1980 | | | |
 | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Craig Dunain Hospital |
The following archives hold material relating to this building: |
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |
 | Highland Health Board Archives | Highland Health Board Archives | | Booklet on hospital |
 | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | | DPM 1860/117/1 (Peddie & Kinnear drawings) |
 | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Hinton Gall: L v17 no1275; Robert John Macbeth: F v17 no 1115; Donald MacDonald: L v22 no 1718; John Alistair Ross: L no3765 (box 16) & F no2946 (box 14); William Wardlaw Sclanders: L v20 no1572 (particular phases of work not specified); Joseph Arthur Smith: F no3102 (box 17) |