1802 – West Prison, Aberdeen, Scotland
Aberdeen’s Bridewell opened 1802 and was demolished around 1868. An impressive stone gateway to the Bridewell prison stood until 1883 when it was demolished.
Aberdeen’s Bridewell opened 1802 and was demolished around 1868. An impressive stone gateway to the Bridewell prison stood until 1883 when it was demolished.
Originally constructed between 1824-26, the Royal Institution (as it was until 1911) was extended in the 1830s to create the building we see today.
Designed with two central octagonal towers from which wings for the patients extended,
An unusual design in Tudor Gothic,
Oldmill was an Aberdeen reformatory set up in 1857 and occupied by about 150 boys.
This unique Villa in attractive riverside grounds has been described as Alexander ‘Greek’
Opened in 1862, closed in the 1970s,
Born in Glasgow, the son of a prosperous corn merchant,
Craig Dunain Hospital was the only hospital for psychiatric illness in the Highlands,
Demolished 1938 and replaced by the National Library of Scotland,