Merchiston Hospital | |
Org/Group: | NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
Location: | Barochan Road |
Region: | Brookfield |
Country: | Scotland |
Healthcare: | NHS Scotland |
Type: | Mental health |
Emergency: | No |
Founded: | 1948 |
Closed: | 2008 |
Map Type: | Scotland Renfrewshire |
Coordinates: | 55.8444°N -4.5223°W |
Merchiston Hospital was a mental health facility on Barochan Road in Brookfield, Renfrewshire, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
The facility, which was commissioned as a replacement for Broadfield Hospital at Port Glasgow,[1] was established by converting a 19th-century building known as Merchiston House in 1948.[1] Two new wings were added in 1958.[1] Modern facilities were created on the site in 1984 and the mansion was subsequently demolished.[2] After services transferred to the Southern General Hospital, Merchiston Hospital closed in 2008.[3] The buildings were demolished in 2013 in order to better secure the site.[4]