Wester Moffat Hospital
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.
History
The building, which was designed by Charles Wilson in the Scottish baronial style for William Towers-Clark, a solicitor, was completed in 1862. It was converted for medical use and re-opened as a sanatorium in January 1929. The facility joined the National Health Service in 1948. 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.
References
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Towers Road, Wester Moffat Hospital, Wester Moffat House (LB20930)". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Charles Wilson". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Wester Moffat Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "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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