Introduction
The designed landscape at Ailsa Hospital was laid out as grounds for the then county lunatic asylum in the 1860s. The site has since been developed with the addition of villas in the 1890s and a hospital block in 1904.
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Owners
Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust
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- Key Information
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Psychiatric Hospital
Survival
Unknown
Electoral Ward
Coylton and Minishant
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References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Ailsa Hospital', in {Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey} (Prestwick: South Ayrshire Council, 2007) [on CD-ROM]
- Close, R. (ed), {Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide} (Edinburgh: The Rutland Press, 1992), p. 42