Crichton Royal Hospital
The Crichton Royal Hospital , also Crichton Hall , formerly the Crichton Institution for Lunatics and the Crichton Royal Institution is a psychiatric clinic on the southern edge of the Scottish city of Dumfries in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . In 1986 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. A farm was added in the 1890s with the Crichton Farm to supply the facility .
history
The widow Crichton of Friars' Carse donated the facility in the 1830s. Her late husband, who had made his fortune in East Asia, used his estate to set up a university in Dumfries. However, this could not be implemented. Instead, the clinic was built from 1835 to a design by the Scottish architect William Burn and opened on June 1, 1839 as the Crichton Institution for Lunatics . Already in the following year the name was changed to Crichton Royal Institution .
The London architect William Bonython Moffatt provided the design for the extension of the south wing, which was carried out between 1867 and 1871 . It fitted the extension harmoniously into Burns architecture. Sydney Mitchell was responsible for planning the rear east wing, which opened in 1904 after a year of construction . In the mid-1920s, this was expanded to include nurses' accommodation. The facility has been called the Crichton Royal Hospital since 1945 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Information in the National Archives
Web links
- National Health Service information
- Entry on Crichton Royal Hospital in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 3 ′ 12.2 " N , 3 ° 35 ′ 47.1" W.