King James VI Hospital

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King James VI Hospital
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The building's main facade in 2013
LocationHospital Street,
Perth, Scotland
Coordinates 56°23′41″N3°26′05″W / 56.3948°N 3.4348°W / 56.3948; -3.4348
Built1750(273 years ago) (1750)
ArchitectJames Cree [1]
Architectural style(s) Georgian
Listed Building – Category A
Designated20 May 1965
Reference no.LB39319
Location map Scotland Perth.png
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Shown in Perth

King James VI Hospital is an historic building in Perth, Scotland. Located on Hospital Street, it is a Category A listed building, built in 1750. [1] It stands on the former site of Perth Priory (1429), which was burned in 1559 during the Reformation. [2] Of the Priory buildings, said to be "of wondrous cost and greatness," nothing survives above ground. Excavations have failed to identify the exact location. [3] The name Pomarium Street, for modern housing near the site of the medieval buildings, recalls the site of the house's orchard, which seems to have survived into the 18th century. [3]

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An H-shaped building, four storeys high, it is finished in greywash harled rubble "with raised ashlar margins and quoins at angles". [1] The central block is topped by an octagonal belfry believed to have been taken from Nairne House, in Bankfoot, which was demolished in 1748 after being forfeited during the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion. [4] [5]

The building was funded by royal endowment and public subscription, and it served several functions, including being an almshouse, an industrial school and an infirmary, as well as being a reformatory for delinquents. The building was shaped in an "H" to maximise the supervision of its occupants by a minimal amount of staff. [1] In 1814, most of the building was rented out for other uses, and in 1838, a separate infirmary was built 500 feet to the west, on York Place (now occupied by A. K. Bell Library). [6]

The building was renovated and restored in 1976 and has 21 residential flats within its modified interior. The hospital boardroom was maintained. [7]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Hospital Street, King Street and Albert Place, Former King James VI Hospital Including Boundary WallsHistoric Environment Scotland
  2. Cowan & Easson, Medieval Religious Houses, p. 87; Watt & Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 176.
  3. 1 2 Richard Fawcett; Derek Hall (2005). "The Perth Charterhouse" (PDF). Tayside and Fife Archaeological Journal. 11: 46–53.
  4. King James VI Hospital – Scottish-Places.info
  5. House Of NairneCanmore.org.uk
  6. York Place, A K Bell Library Including Boundary Wall To York PlaceHistoric Environment Scotland
  7. A History of King James VI Hospital – PSNS.org.uk