Astley Ainslie Hospital in Edinburgh

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Astley Ainslie Hospital Edinburgh Building

Location: south of the city centre

Contact: 0131 537 9000

Address: 133 Grange Loan, Edinburgh, EH9 2HL, Scotland

Children’s Unit:
Henk Snoek Photography
photo by Henk Snoek: no larger image

Completed – Children’s Hospital Unit (Charles Bell Pavilion)
Date built: 1965

Michael Laird & Partners (now Architects)

Convalescent Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre
The Astley Ainslie Hospital opened in 1923 in the grounds of 19th century Edinburgh mansions: Canaan House, Canaan Park, Millbank, Morelands, Southbank & St. Roque’s. Most of these houses were integrated into the hospital. The complex contains around 200 beds.

Faculty of Health & Life Sciences of Napier University
Date built: 1999
Mobility & Prosthetics Services (moved to the Astley Ainslie Hospital from former Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital): 2002

Another Edinburgh building from the sixties by Michael Laird & Partners:

Standard Life Assurance, 3 George St
Dates built: 1964; 1975
Design: Michael Laird & Partners

Edinburgh Buildings
photo by Henk Snoek
Standard Life Building

Jenners

Scottish Parliament

Another Edinburgh building by Michael Laird Architects: Tanfield

St Andrew’s House
St Andrew's House
photo © Adrian Welch

St Mary’s Cathedral

picture from the architect

Another Edinburgh building by Michael Laird Architects: Standard Life

picture from the architect

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