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The Murray Royal Hospital is a mental-health facility in
The hospital arose from a bequest by James Murray, a local man who had inherited considerable wealth after his half brother died at sea. The facility, which was designed by William Burn in the
Murray Royal Hospital on the NHS inform website
{{authority control Hospitals in Perth, Scotland Hospital buildings completed in 1828 1828 establishments in Scotland Hospitals established in 1828 Psychiatric hospitals in Scotland Listed buildings in Perth, Scotland
Perth, Scotland
Perth (Scottish English, locally: ; gd, Peairt ) is a city in central Scotland, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire. It had a population o ...
. It is managed by NHS Tayside
NHS Tayside is an NHS board which forms one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It provides healthcare services in Angus, Scotland, Angus, the City of Dundee and Perth and Kinross. NHS Tayside is headquartered at Ninewells Hospital in Dunde ...
. The original main building is a Category A listed building.
History
The hospital arose from a bequest by James Murray, a local man who had inherited considerable wealth after his half brother died at sea. The facility, which was designed by William Burn in the neoclassical style
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...
using a corridor plan layout, opened as James Murray's Royal Lunatic Asylum in 1828.
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. 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. The hospital joined the National Health Service as James Murray's Royal Mental Hospital in 1948.
After the introduction of Care in the Community
Care in the Community (also called "Community Care" or "Domiciliary Care") is a British policy of deinstitutionalisation, treating and caring for physically and mentally disabled people in their homes rather than in an institution. Institutional ca ...
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 Atkins may refer to:
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and built by Morgan Sindall Group and Robertson Group at a cost of £75 million on the same site, opened in June 2012. The new facilities include the Rohallion Secure Care Clinic which incorporates both a low secure unit and a medium secure unit.
See also
*List of listed buildings in Perth, Scotland
This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Perth, Scotland.
List
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References
External links
*Murray Royal Hospital on the NHS inform website
{{authority control Hospitals in Perth, Scotland Hospital buildings completed in 1828 1828 establishments in Scotland Hospitals established in 1828 Psychiatric hospitals in Scotland Listed buildings in Perth, Scotland