Building record MAB26783 - KINGSEAT HOSPITAL
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Summary
Former mental hospital, now disused.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 9037 1907 (481m by 593m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ91NW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Newmachar |
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
Former mental hospital, now disused. Designed by the Aberdeen architect, Alexander Marshall Mackenzie (1848-1933) and opened in 1904 as the District Asylum for Aberdeen, with 261 patients. It was the first mental hospital in Scotland to be designed on a village system, with self-contained villas, administrative and medical blocks. It was also one of the first asylums to abandon an enclosing wall. At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939 Kingseat was requisitioned by the Admiralty and from then until 28 February 1946 it functioned as a Naval Auxiliary Hospital. It closed in 1994. Now being converted to housing. While in use as a hospital, some of the local farms supplied it with food, including Kingseat (NJ91NW0170). Buildings included a recreation hall (NJ91NW0300). A First World War memorial formerly in the hospital is recorded as now being in Newmachar Church (NJ81NE0060).
Period Notes
Built 1901-4; first sod cut January 1901; foundation stone laid September 1901; design exhibited 1902; opened 1904; addition of new block (cost £12,000) and hospital villa (cost £6,500) 1914; attendants' cottages built 1921; two new villas (male and female, 60 patients each); additions to nurses' home (and perhaps other work) 1923-6, cost £40,000; additions opened Novermber 1926.
Feb 17 2000 , AAS/00/05/CT1-11, AAS/00/05/CT1-11 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB12578.
Feb 17 2000 , AAS/00/05/G16/1-7, AAS/00/05/G16/1-7 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB12577.
Jan 20 2000 , AAS/00/01/CT22, AAS/00/01/CT22 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB12231.
Jul 27 2006 , APP/2006/0077, APP/2006/0077 (Ground Photograph). SAB18656.
Mar 17 2005 , AAS/05/1/CT33, AAS/05/1/CT33 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB18293.
May 1 2001 , Flight 11/7/E08233-08335, Flight 11/7/E08233-08335 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB17819.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NJ91NW56;
- NRHE Numlink: 110736;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ91NW0067;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/110736 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SAB12231 Air-oblique Photograph: Jan 20 2000 . AAS/00/01/CT22. Colour Transparency. AAS/00/01/CT22.
- --- SAB12577 Air-oblique Photograph: Feb 17 2000 . AAS/00/05/G16/1-7. Black & White. AAS/00/05/G16/1-7.
- --- SAB12578 Air-oblique Photograph: Feb 17 2000 . AAS/00/05/CT1-11. Colour Negative. AAS/00/05/CT1-11.
- --- SAB17819 Air-oblique Photograph: May 1 2001 . Flight 11/7/E08233-08335. Black & White. Flight 11/7/E08233-08335.
- --- SAB18293 Air-oblique Photograph: Mar 17 2005 . AAS/05/1/CT33. Colour Transparency. AAS/05/1/CT33.
- --- SAB18656 Ground Photograph: Jul 27 2006 . APP/2006/0077. Colour Negative. APP/2006/0077.
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Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Sep 12 2025 3:35PM
