Wester_Moffat_Hospital

Wester Moffat Hospital

Wester Moffat Hospital

Hospital in North Lanarkshire, Scotland

Wester Moffat Hospital is a health facility in Towers Road, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lanarkshire. It is a Grade B listed building.[1]

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History

The building, which was designed by Charles Wilson[2] in the Scottish baronial style for William Towers-Clark, a solicitor, was completed in 1862.[3] It was converted for medical use and re-opened as a sanatorium in January 1929.[3] The facility joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3] Rifleman James Morris, a soldier from the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), was admitted to the hospital after a car crash in 1962 and spent 54 years there without recovering before his death in 2017.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Historic Environment Scotland. "Towers Road, Wester Moffat Hospital, Wester Moffat House (LB20930)". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Charles Wilson". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Wester Moffat Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Veteran spends 54 years in NHS hospital after going in with broken leg and never recovering". The Telegraph. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2020.


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