Basic Site Details Name: | Perth District Asylum | Town, district or village: | Murthly | City or county: | Perthshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Final cost: £19,268.
******* Plans for administrative block formerly at Murthly.
ASYLUM Perth.—For the various works in the erection of the Perthshire District Lunatic Asylum, near Murthly station on the Dunkeld railway. Plans, etc, with Mr. P. Soutar, clerk to the Lunacy Board, Perth; or Messrs Edward and Robertson architects, Reform-street, Dundee; who will give all requisite information. Tenders to Mr. Soutar, or Messrs. Edward and Robertson, to July 20. [Building News 5 July 1861 Page 577]
Lunatic Asylum, Perthshire. - For the various works to be done in the erection of the Perthshire District Lunatic Asylum. Messrs Edward and Robertson, architects, Dundee. The building is capable of containing 222 patients, and the whole amount of the contracts is £18,000, this sum includes governor's house and lodge, farm offices, and gas-work.
Masons' work. Alexander Cunningham, Downfield, Dundee; joiners' work, Clarke and Cable, Dundee; slaters' work, Robert Jack, Dunkeld.; plumbers' work, Charles Middleton and Sons, Montrose; smiths' work, Gourlay Brothers, Dundee; plaster work, John Adam, Dundee; painters' work, Robert Douglas, Perth [Building News 30 August 1861 p721 - tenders]
| Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Murthly Asylum | | | | Murthly Hospital | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Psychiatric hospital | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1858 | 1864 | | Original buildings | | 1858 | | Competition results announced | | | 1861 | | Tenders submitted | Contracts advertised and tenders received July-August 1861 | | c. 1871 | | | Administrative block added by D Smart | | 1885 | | | Cottage hospital (later nurses' home) | | 1984 | | Closed | Subsequently converted to housing; admin block demolished |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Charles Edward | | A | 1858 | 1864 | | | Thomas Saunders Robertson | | A | 1858 | 1864 | | | Edward & Robertson | | A | c. 1861 | 1864 | | | David Smart | | B | 1871 | | Administrative block |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresThis structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details): | | Building Name | Notes | | House, Perth District Asylum | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Darragh, Alison | 2011 | Prison or Palace? Heaven or Hell? An architectural and social study of the development of public lunatic asylums in Scot | | Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews | vol 2 p 291 (Pinel Villa) vol 3, pp 132-4 | | Dundee Yearbook | 1890 | | | | | | Richardson, Harriet | N.D. | Scottish Hospitals Survey | | Unpublished typescript (copy in DMW Archive) | Listed as Murthly Hospital |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 5 July 1861 | | | p577 - contracts | | Building News | 30 August 1861 | | | p721 – tenders
| | Dundee Advertiser | | | | Date lost |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 11155 | Lsiting for Administrative block | | Smart, Stewart & Mitchell, Perth - in 1960s) | Smart, Stewart & Mitchell Practice Drawings | | |
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