Basic Site Details
| Name: | Montrose Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary and Dispensary |
| Town, district or village: | Montrose |
| City or county: | Angus |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Demolished |
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| Notes: | See separate entry for the Montrose Asylum at Sunnyside that superseded this building. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Montrose Lunatic Asylum and Dispensary | After provision of separate infirmary in 1839 | |
| Montrose Royal Lunatic Asylum | Later title | |
| Old Montrose Asylum | Later title | |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Psychiatric hospital | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1779 | 1781 | Build/construction | |
| 1814 | Addition | Additions, including two further floors | |
| c. 1840 | Alterations? | ||
| 1866 | Closed | Ceased use as an asylum and was leased to Montrose Harbour Commissioners | |
| 1886 | Sold to War Office as barracks | ||
| November 1951 | Alteration/conversion | Part of a five year building programme by the Eastern regional Hospital of Scotland. Central heating proposed, £60,000 | |
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. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| David Jamie | 1779 | 1781 | |||
| James Collie | 1839 | Additions/alterations | |||
| William Middleton | c. 1840 | Alterations? | |||
| Eastern Regional Hospital Board | 1951 | Responsible for alterations | |||
References
Bibliographic References
| 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 An architectural and social study of the development of public lunatic asylums in Scot | Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews | vol 1, pp 55-8, 159-61 vol 2, p 325 (gardens) vol 3, pp 118-20 | |
| Poole, Richard | 1841 | Memoranda Regarding the Royal Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary and Dispensary of Montrose | |||
| 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 Montrose Royal Lunatic Asylum | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 2 November 1951 | p605 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | ||