Murray Royal Hospital

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]

Murray Royal Hospital
NHS Tayside
The new hub building at Murray Royal Hospital
Shown in Perth and Kinross
Geography
LocationPerth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates56.3998°N 3.4181°W / 56.3998; -3.4181
Organisation
Care systemNHS Scotland
TypeSpecialist
Services
Emergency departmentNo
SpecialityMental health
History
Opened1828
Links
WebsiteOfficial website

History
The original main building

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 two 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 Group 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]

References
  1. Historic Environment Scotland. "Main Building, Former Murray Royal Hospital, Muirhall Road, Perth  (Category A) (LB39321)". Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. "THB 29 Murray Royal Asylum". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. "Murray Royal Hospital (Former): Main Block, Muirhall Road, Perth". Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. "Murray Royal Hospital, Perth". National Archives. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. "New chapter opens at Murray Royal". Daily Record. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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