| Argyll and Bute Hospital | |
| Org/Group: | NHS Highland |
| Location: | Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Healthcare: | NHS Scotland |
| Type: | Psychiatric hospital |
| Speciality: | Psychiatry |
| Emergency: | No |
| Founded: | 1863 |
| Closed: | 2017[1] |
| Map Type: | Scotland Argyll and Bute |
| Coordinates: | 56.0418°N -5.4178°W |
Argyll and Bute Hospital was a mental health facility in Lochgilphead, Scotland. The original building (sometimes referred to as the West House) is a Grade C listed building. The hospital is managed by NHS Highland.[2]
The hospital, which was designed by David Cousin, opened as the Argyll District Asylum in 1863.[3] It became the Argyll and Bute District Asylum in 1868.[3] A new block, designed by Peddie & Kinnear, (sometimes referred to as the East House) was added in 1883 and, after joining the National Health Service as the Argyll and Bute Hospital in 1948, a new 30-bed extension was added and officially opened by the Duchess of Kent in 1971.[3] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and was closed to inpatients in 2016. The hospital closed permanently in 2017. Although a Grade C listed property, the buildings are no longer maintained and in 2020 the 'East House', being unsafe, was demolished.[4]