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Former hospital building, attributed to William Kelly, 1895-9, on a raised site within the Sunnyside hospital complex (NO76SW0063), formerly known as the Montrose Royal Mental Hospital. The site ceased to be used as a hospital in 2012. Shown on the OS 2nd edition map, built in the grounds of a former walled garden shown on the OS 1st edition map of the Montrose Royal Lunatic Asylum (NO76SW0137). An early 20th century summer-house (NO76SW0187) is shown in the garden grounds south of the house on the OS 3rd edition map. Carnegie House is a 2-storey and attic, 13-bay gabled Jacobean style property, approximately symmetrical, constructed of snecked rubble with ashlar margins, a base course, some overhanging eaves, finials to the gableheads and advanced and recessed bays. Bipartite and tripartite window openings are to the south elevation with chamfered stone mullions and transoms. An advanced central gabled bay has a moulded segmental-arched doorway with decorative carvings to the spandrels, a lintel on small engaged columns raised on corbels on the doorcase, a pediment above with a central carved panel. A variety windows, with some timber casement with small pane glazing above, others timber sash and case, others boarded. The slated roof has raised skews, tall coped gable and ridge stacks, cast iron rainwater goods and flat-roofed dormers. Sunnyside Asylum developed in the 19th century as a replacement for the first lunatic asylum in Scotland at Montrose. The former hospital consisted of a related group of buildings, informally set in a semi-parkland setting on a hillside overlooking Montrose. The site is significant in remaining largely intact and retaining the integrity of a self-contained psychiatric hospital. Carnegie House was originally built to house private patients and it looks out over formal gardens. The house was designed to resemble a country house, both externally and internally as this was considered to be of benefit to the patient's well-being. The patients were free to move around the grounds, as they wished and tennis courts, a croquet lawn, a bowling green and a curling pond were provided for recreational use. The ceiling in the dining room and one of the fire surrounds were painted by the eminent Scottish artist, Douglas Strachan (1875-1950).
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NO76SW0159 - CARNEGIE HOUSE, SUNNYSIDE HOSPITAL, HILLSIDE