Description

Alexander Reid (A and W Reid, Elgin), 1864-5; dated 1864. Long, mainly 2-storey, S facing of 21 gabled bays. Dark Rhynie stone, contrasting tooled sandstone ashlar dressings. Centre advanced and gabled 3-bay range of 2 storeys over raised basement lit by 3 large transomed and mullioned windows in each floor; coped wallhead with outer bay gablets with blind slits, centre datestone. Centre range flanked each side by long 2-storey ranges, each with 2 advanced and gabled wings with ground and segmental-headed 1st floor tripartites; multi-pane glazing throughout, some with horizontal panes. Tall coped ridge and end stacks; ridge at E and W end crossings each with plaform for demolished spire; slate roofs.

Statement of Interest

Constructed as the Banff District Asylum with 90 beds, the fourth such institution to be built as a result of the 1857 Act for the 'Care and Treatment of Lunatics and for the Provision and Maintenance and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums in Scotland'. 2 decorative louvred cupolas originally constructed on ridge at each end of the building.

Only the Troup, Administration and Moor Newton range is included in listing.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Ladysbridge Hospital, Banff at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17776198

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)