The hospital was designed by Peddie and Kinnear and opened as the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Convalescent Home in July 1867.[1][2] It was extended in the 1890s[3] and joined the National Health Service in 1948.[1]
In 2014, the health board considered proposals to demolish the hospital and three others, with a view to replacing these facilities with care villages which would consist of buildings more suited to social care.[4] The hospital closed that year, although the specialist nursing home on the site remained open.[5]
Services
The hospital specialised in long term and respite care for elderly people who had experienced a stroke or those with dementia.[6]
