Strathmartine Hospital | |
Org/Group: | NHS Tayside |
Location: | Craigmaill Road, Strathmartine |
Country: | Scotland |
Healthcare: | NHS Scotland |
Type: | Specialist |
Speciality: | Geriatric hospital |
Founded: | 1855 |
Closed: | 2003 |
Coordinates: | 56.5046°N -3.0009°W |
Map Type: | Scotland Angus |
Strathmartine Hospital was a health facility in Craigmaill Road, Strathmartine, Angus, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Tayside. It remains a Category B listed building.[1]
The facility has its origins in a home for imbecile children established by Sir John and Lady Jane Ogilvy; it was designed by Coe & Goodwin[2] and opened as the Baldovan Institute in around 1855.[3] The present structure was designed by John Turnbull Maclaren and completed in the early 20th century.[3] After joining the National Health Service in 1948, it was renamed Strathmartine Hospital in 1959.[4] During the redevelopment of the site in the mid-1960s the original structure 19th century structure was demolished.[3] It was progressively decommissioned from the late 1980s, closing completely in 2003.[5] In 2014 Heritage Lottery Funding was awarded to a project for people to record their memories of the hospital.[6] The decaying building was subsequently placed on the Buildings at Risk Register.[7] [8]
The archives of the hospital are held by Archive Services at the University of Dundee.[4]