Aberdeenshire HER - NJ53NW0052 - ALEXANDER SCOTT'S HOSPITAL, HUNTLY

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NameALEXANDER SCOTT'S HOSPITAL, HUNTLY
NRHE Card No.NJ53NW118
NRHE Numlink 188122
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 34962
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Former hospital, now in use as a care home for the elderly. Designed by A. Marshall Mackenzie in 1901, it is a large Scots-perpendicular symmetrical composition with 3-storey centre block, with square battlemented porte-cochere tower, and a pair of 2-storey advance wings. Constructed of snecked granite with Auchindoir freestone dressings. Previous symmetrical group of hospital buildings by William Smith. Depicted on the OS 1st edition map in the same shape as it is today. On the 2nd edition it is also annotated as Almshouses. Alterations and additions in 1933-38 by George Bennett Mitchell.
Last Update17/01/2023
Updated Bycpalmer
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National Grid Reference: NJ 5321 3967


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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
HOSPITALS  A100
ALMSHOUSES SITE OFB100