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Duncan wanted to establish a hospital in Edinburgh that would care for the mentally ill of the city and after launching an appeal in 1792 a grant of £2,000 was approved by Parliament in 1806. [2] A royal charter was granted by King George III in 1807 and the facility was then established as a public body. [3]
Royal Arms carving over the main entrance. The hospital, which opened at 7 Lauriston Lane in 1860, was the first dedicated children's hospital in Scotland. [1] It received a royal charter in 1863, when it moved to the Meadowside House. [2] The conversion of the house into a hospital was carried out by the architect David Macgibbon. [3]
Given Edinburgh's restricted redevelopment in relation to other cities, the list is manageable (only including redevelopment which included loss of full streets). [1] Argyll Square - demolished to create Royal Museum, Chambers Street; Arthur Street - demolished in the early 60s. Was once the steepest street in Edinburgh
The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People is a hospital that specialises in paediatric healthcare based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The hospital replaced the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (the Sick Kids) in Sciennes. It forms part of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh campus in the Edinburgh BioQuarter at Little France.
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) was established in 1729, and is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland. The new buildings of 1879 were claimed to be the largest voluntary hospital in the United Kingdom, and later on, the Empire. [ 2 ]
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The hospital has its origins in Southfield House, a building situated near Ellen's Glen nature reserve, [2] which was designed by John Chesser in the Scottish baronial style. [3] It opened as a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1875 [ 4 ] and became part of the Royal Victoria Hospital in the 1920s. [ 5 ]