Riccartsbar Hospital
Former mental health hospital in Scotland
Hospital in Renfrewshire, Scotland
55°50′06″N 4°26′17″W / 55.835°N 4.438°W / 55.835; -4.438Riccartsbar Hospital was a mental health facility in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
History
The hospital, which was designed by John Honeyman,[1] opened as the Paisley District Asylum in June 1876.[2] The hospital went into a period of decline and, after patients had been transferred to Dykebar Hospital, Riccartsbar Hospital closed in 1975.[2] The buildings were subsequently demolished to make way for the Royal Alexandra Hospital.[2][3]
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Psychiatric hospitals in Scotland
- Ailsa Hospital
- Castle Craig Hospital
- Dykebar Hospital
- Ellen's Glen House
- Gartnavel Royal Hospital
- Herdmanflat Hospital
- Kirklands Hospital
- Leverndale Hospital
- Midpark Hospital
- Murray Royal Hospital
- New Craigs Psychiatric Hospital
- Royal Cornhill Hospital
- Royal Edinburgh Hospital
- State Hospital
- Stobhill Hospital (mental health campus)
- Stratheden Hospital
- Ugie Hospital
- Argyll and Bute Hospital
- Bangour Village Hospital
- Bellsdyke Hospital
- Bilbohall Hospital
- Carstairs House
- Craig Dunain Hospital
- Craig House, Edinburgh
- The Crichton
- Dingleton Hospital
- Gartloch Hospital
- Hartwood Hospital
- Kingseat Hospital
- Ladysbridge Hospital
- Maud Hospital
- Merchiston Hospital
- Murthly Hospital
- Parkhead Hospital
- Riccartsbar Hospital
- Rosslynlee Hospital
- Royal Dundee Liff Hospital
- Royal Scottish National Hospital
- Stoneyetts Hospital
- Sunnyside Royal Hospital
- Woodilee Hospital
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