Dingleton Hospital was a mental health facility in Melrose, Scotland. The former boiler house is a Category B listed building.[1]
| Dingleton Hospital | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The former Dingleton Hospital | |
  Shown in the Scottish Borders | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°35′26″N 2°43′44″W / 55.5906°N 2.7289°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Scotland |
| Type | Psychiatric hospital |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1872 |
| Closed | 2001 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
History edit
The hospital, which was designed by Brown & Wardrop, opened as the Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk District Asylum in May 1872.[2][3] A new female hospital block was completed in 1898 and two new wings, designed by Sydney Mitchell and Wilson, were completed in 1906.[2] The facility joined the National Health Service as Dingleton Hospital in 1948.[3] A monolithic concrete boiler house, designed by Peter Womersley, which still dominates the local skyline, was completed in 1977.[1]
After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in 2001.[2] The main building has since been converted for residential use as "Dingleton Apartments" within a wider housing development across the former hospital site known as "Trimontium Heights".[4]
References edit
- ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Chiefswood Road, former Dingleton Hospital boiler house including boundary walls (Category B Listed Building) (LB51064)". Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Dingleton Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Dingleton Hospital, Melrose". Lothian Health Services Archive. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Row erupts over new street names". Southern Reporter. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2019.