Riccartsbar Hospital | |
Region: | Paisley, Renfrewshire |
Country: | Scotland |
Healthcare: | NHS Scotland |
Type: | Psychiatric hospital |
Speciality: | Psychiatry |
Emergency: | No |
Founded: | 1876 |
Closed: | 1975 |
Map Type: | Scotland Renfrewshire |
Coordinates: | 55.835°N -4.438°W |
Riccartsbar Hospital was a mental health facility in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
The hospital, which was designed by John Honeyman,[1] opened as the Paisley District Asylum in June 1876.[2] The hospital went into a period of decline and, after patients had been transferred to Dykebar Hospital, Riccartsbar Hospital closed in 1975.[2] The buildings were subsequently demolished to make way for the Royal Alexandra Hospital.[2] [3]