Argyll and Bute Hospital

The hospital, which was designed by David Cousin, opened as the Argyll District Asylum in 1863.^[4][5] It became the Argyll and Bute District Asylum in 1868.^[4] A new block, designed by Peddie & Kinnear, (sometimes referred to as the East House) was added in 1883 and, after joining the National Health Service as the Argyll and Bute Hospital in 1948, a new 30-bed extension was added and officially opened by the Duchess of Kent in 1971.^[4] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and was closed to inpatients in 2016. The hospital closed permanently in 2017.^[1] Although a Grade C listed property, the buildings are no longer maintained and in 2020 the 'East House', being unsafe, was demolished.^[6]