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Huntin’ Shootin’ and Fishin’ at an upper-crust, prefab sanatorium
In the third edition of Rufenacht Walters’ Sanatoria for Consumptives published in 1905 is an account of Alderney Manor Sanatorium and the photograph above of the patients’ accommodation. This type of simple prefabricated timber and corrugated iron structure were commonly used for small … Continue reading
Posted in English Hospitals, sanatoria
Tagged architecture, history, hospital, infectious diseases hospital
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Pine Trees
The subject of pine trees formed a digression in the second issue of the Hospitals Investigator, and it put me in mind of earlier research that I had done in Scotland where Sanatoria were set amongst pines so that the patients … Continue reading
The Hospitals Investigator 3
Isolation Hospitals Issue number three of the Hospitals Investigator was produced by Robert Taylor in April 1992 and was largely devoted to the subject of isolation hospitals, and more particularly the model plans published by the Local Government Board from … Continue reading
Stratheden Hospital
Stratheden Hospital from the south, photographed in October 2014 by MacKlly (image reproduced under CC0 1.0 Universal) Stratheden Hospital is administered by NHS Fife as a community hospital caring for patients with mental health issues. Most of the patients’ accommodation … Continue reading
Posted in asylum, Scottish Hospitals
Tagged architecture, asylum, heritage, history, hospital, Scottish Architecture
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former Murthly Hospital, Perthshire
MURTHLY HOSPITAL Built as the Perth District Asylum, it was designed by Edward & Robertson, of Dundee and opened in 1864. It was the second district asylum to open in Scotland. Five architects submitted plans from which the Dundee architects were chosen. … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, asylum, heritage, history, hospital, municipal hospital, Scottish Architecture
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Lennox Castle
Lennox Castle in 2014, photographed by Robert Adam at RCAHMS One of a series of aerial photographs of the site Lennox Castle has been on the Buildings at Risk register for Scotland since 1992, the website provides a good summary of the history of … Continue reading
Airthrey Castle Maternity Hospital
‘Airthrey Castle against the Blue’ by Amy Palko photographed in 2007, and licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Below is the brief gazetteer entry of 1990, with additional notes in italics below. Airthrey Castle survives at the heart of University of … Continue reading
