Seafield House (Former children's hospital)

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Seafield House was built in 1888/89 at a cost of £8000 for engineer William Arrol. He described the house as a place "Where in the intervals of work I might enjoy retired leisure".
After his death in 1913, the house was used during WW1 by the Red Cross as an auxilliary hospital for wounded soldiers. In 1921 Seafield House became a maternity hospital and eventually changing to a Sick Children's Hospital in 1944.
The Hospital closed in 1991 but remained in use as NHS administration until 2001. The house then remained empty and was badly damaged by fire in 2007.
I had a few stays here as a child, so this explore brought back a few memories.
As ever more here https://www.flickr.com/photos/107793356@N06/sets/72157651676209768/

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This was originally the Billiard Room (thanks Dazza), I really like the fireplace

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Thanks for looking :)
 
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I've been desperate to see inside this place for years! Great to see some original features have survived. The gallery bannisters and panels are awesome. The good news is this building has just been purchased by a local building firm who are to restore is as luxury apartments, restoring the original features. Tragic that the amazing interiors have been lost though. Great photos thanks for sharing.
 
Its crazy to think that was built for £8,000! Imagine the cost that £8,000 would be in todays money! Nice set of pics there :)
 
I've been desperate to see inside this place for years! Great to see some original features have survived. The gallery bannisters and panels are awesome. The good news is this building has just been purchased by a local building firm who are to restore is as luxury apartments, restoring the original features. Tragic that the amazing interiors have been lost though. Great photos thanks for sharing.

That is good news. Hopefully the beautiful stained glass roof can be recreated.
 
Why is it most children's homes seem quite sinister and foreboding places?

I can clearly remember as a child finding this house (or hospital as it was then), terrifying. I can also remember lying in bed recovering from an operation trying to watch Take Hart on a small TV at the other end of what seemed to be a huge ward. (Showing my age a bit here). However visiting it again as an adult I could see the beauty in the building, but I understand your point.
 
There is some nice stonework in this place, looks great. Thanks for posting :)

Dugie
 
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