Ladysbridge Hospital | |
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![]() Ladysbridge Hospital | |
Geography | |
Location | Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Coordinates | 57°39′46″N 2°35′25″W / 57.6627°N 2.5904°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS Scotland |
Type | Psychiatric hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | No |
History | |
Opened | 1865 |
Closed | 2003 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
Ladysbridge Hospital was a mental health facility near Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The former hospital is a Category B listed building. [1]
The hospital, which was designed by Alexander Reid in the Tudor Revival style, opened as the Banff District Asylum in May 1865. [2] A separate facility for female patients, briefly known as Woodpark Succursal Asylum, was built in June 1880 but was later fully amalgamated with the main asylum. [3] An additional villa for male patients was completed in 1903. [2] The asylum became Ladysbridge Mental Hospital in the 1920s and joined the National Health Service as Ladysbridge Hospital in 1948. [4] A recreation hall was added in the 1960s. [2]
After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in May 2003. [2] The original main building was subsequently converted into terraced housing as "Ladysbridge House" within a larger development known as "Ladysbridge Village". [5]