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Murray Royal Hospital

Murray Royal Hospital

Hospital in Scotland

The Murray Royal Hospital is a mental-health facility in Perth, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Tayside. The original main building is a Category A listed building.[1]

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History

The original main building of 1828

The hospital arose from a bequest by James Murray, a local man who had inherited considerable wealth after his half brother died at sea.[2] The facility, which was designed by William Burn in the neoclassical style using a corridor plan layout, opened as James Murray's Royal Lunatic Asylum in 1828.[3]

Additional wings, designed by Burn, were added in 1833 and Pitcullen House, a neighbouring property, was acquired for use as a superintendent's residence in 1849.[3] More wings, this time designed by Andrew Heiton Junior, were added in 1888 and a chapel and two flanking half-timbered villas were added in 1904.[3] The hospital joined the National Health Service as James Murray's Royal Mental Hospital in 1948.[4]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and such a large facility was no longer necessary: a modern facility, designed by Atkins and built by Morgan Sindall and Robertson Group at a cost of £75 million on the same site, opened in June 2012.[5] The new facilities include the Rohallion Secure Care Clinic which incorporates both a low secure unit and a medium secure unit.[5]

The archives of the hospital are held by Archive Services at the University of Dundee.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Historic Environment Scotland. "Main Building, Former Murray Royal Hospital, Muirhall Road, Perth (Category A Listed Building) (LB39321)". Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Collection THB 29 - Murray Royal Asylum". Archive Services Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Murray Royal Hospital (Former): Main Block, Muirhall Road, Perth". Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Murray Royal Hospital, Perth". National Archives. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. [5]
    "New chapter opens at Murray Royal". Daily Record. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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