Hartwood Hospital
| Hartwood Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | Psychiatric |
| History | |
| Founded | 1895 |
| Closed | 1998 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
Hartwood Hospital was a psychiatric hospital located in the village of Hartwood near the town of Shotts in Scotland. It was opened in 1895 and closed in 1998. It was built to designs by John Lamb Murray .[1]
Origins
Originally known as the Lanark District Asylum, the facility was opened in 1895 with a capacity for 500 patients.[2]:38 The complex included staff-houses, gardens, a farm, a power-plant, a reservoir, a railway-line and a cemetery.[2]:32
Hartwoodhill Hospital
Originally erected in the late 1930's, the Hill Hospital was originally designed as a 'mental deficiency' hospital.[2]:32 However during the Second World War psychiatric patients from Bangour Village Hospital were evacuated here.[2]:33
Scottish Union of Mental Patients
The Scottish Union of Mental Patients was set up by mental patients at Hartwood Hospital in July 1971.[2]:38 27 patients signed a petition to "redress of grievances and better conditions" at the hospital.[2]:38
Dereliction
Although briefly used after 1998 by Lanarkshire Television , the buildings subsequently fell into disuse. There were major fires in 2004 and 2016 leaving the building substantially damaged.[1]
References
- 1 2 https://historic-hospitals.com/gazetteer/lanarkshire/
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gallacher, Mark. "From mental patient to service user: deinstitutionalisation and the emergence of the Mental Health Service User Movement in Scotland, 1971-2006." (PDF). theses.gla.ac.uk/. Glasgow University. Retrieved 26 July 2017.