Stratheden Hospital is psychiatric hospital based in Cupar, Fife. Originally named the Fife and Kinross District Asylum it changed its name to the current name in 1948 following a takeover by the National Health Service. The hospital opened its doors in 1866 and later extended in 1896. Then again in 1905 when two further wings were added.
In 1960 with the arrival of a new psychiatric doctor who specialised in child psychiatry, a new block was built called playfirld house. He called his department "Child and Family Psychiatry". This name cottoned on elsewhere in mental health establishments.
A new intensive care unit was planned for the site and approved in 2014 and construction began in 2015. It cost 4.4 million with funds from the government who were determined to improve mental health welfare in Scotland. When opened it had a communal room, rehabilitative and therapeutic activities. An outdoor courtyard and meeting rooms for private visitors.
Visited here with the girlfriend and a friend after a tip off from Brewtal. We had a nice relaxed wander and spent the day here. It's the older Victorian part of the asylum that is disused. It looks like some parts have been derelict for a lot of years. It was a really nice place and nicely decaying. When you start going through it's bigger than you think. A lot has been modernised as is usual in a lot of hospitals.
Some of the older wards in what seemed to be the oldest part of the building.
Lots of toilets to see here which was pleasing.
A modernised ward.
Patient paintings in the glass in the corridor panels.
Physiotherapy room.
The chapel had been heavily modernised.
There are some really nice corridors here.
The labs I found very pleasing. With the clinical white tiles and shelving contrasting against the wood.
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In 1960 with the arrival of a new psychiatric doctor who specialised in child psychiatry, a new block was built called playfirld house. He called his department "Child and Family Psychiatry". This name cottoned on elsewhere in mental health establishments.
A new intensive care unit was planned for the site and approved in 2014 and construction began in 2015. It cost 4.4 million with funds from the government who were determined to improve mental health welfare in Scotland. When opened it had a communal room, rehabilitative and therapeutic activities. An outdoor courtyard and meeting rooms for private visitors.
Visited here with the girlfriend and a friend after a tip off from Brewtal. We had a nice relaxed wander and spent the day here. It's the older Victorian part of the asylum that is disused. It looks like some parts have been derelict for a lot of years. It was a really nice place and nicely decaying. When you start going through it's bigger than you think. A lot has been modernised as is usual in a lot of hospitals.
Some of the older wards in what seemed to be the oldest part of the building.
Lots of toilets to see here which was pleasing.
A modernised ward.
Patient paintings in the glass in the corridor panels.
Physiotherapy room.
The chapel had been heavily modernised.
There are some really nice corridors here.
The labs I found very pleasing. With the clinical white tiles and shelving contrasting against the wood.
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