Building record MAB35087 - WHITEHILLS HOSPITAL, FORFAR

Site of infectious diseases hospital, since replaced by the present hospital building, opened in 2005: only one of the earlier buildings remains.

Site of infectious diseases hospital, since replaced by the present hospital building, opened in 2005: only one of the earlier buildings remains. The original hospital was built in 1901 by McArthy and Watson, Edinburgh, whose design won a competition to build it. It was made up of around 11 separate buildings, some rectangular, some T-plan and some U-plan, scattered through a tree-lined enclosed site. There were also five additional enclosed rectangular and L-plan buildings to the West of, and separated from, the main hospital complex. All that remains of the original buildings is one rectangular building to the North-East of the site, which is single-storey, and constructed from squared rubble, with ashlar margins and a piended slate roof. It would appear to have originally been L-plan, but a more recent timber porch fills the angle in the West elevation. The central bay of the West elevation has its own bell-cast pyramidal slate roof with an apex metal finial. The hospital was adapted for geriatric patients in circa 1949. The local community hospital, the Whitehills Health and Community Care Centre, was built on the site of the old Whitehills Hospital building (the former hospital for infectious diseases) and opened in Spring 2005. It also took over the responsibilities of the Forfar Infirmary (NO45SW0190). Photographic recording was carrie out in 2023 ahead of proposed development.

Period Notes
Built in 1901, converted in circa 1949 and almost entirely replaced in 2005 by a new hospital.

Jan 27 2023 , 19/00636/FULL, 19/00636/FULL (Ground Photograph). SAB36455.

Record last edited

Feb 28 2023 9:09AM