Montrose Royal Infirmary, 62, 64 Bridge Street, Montrose

Montrose Royal Infirmary, built between 1836 and 1839 by James Collie of Glasgow, is an early example of a purpose-built hospital, constructed in the Greek Revival style. A later ward block was added in 1894, running parallel to the main building to the rear. Minor alterations occurred in 1937, alongside more recent flat-roofed additions to the rear.

The main building features a portico of brown/red polished ashlar, while the main facades are of squared and dressed sandstone rubble with polished ashlar dressings and margins, including a plinth, raised margins at the angles, a cornice, and a parapet. The windows are timber sash and case windows with 4 panes. The roofs are shallow-pitched and slated.

The principal (east) elevation is symmetrical, with three bays flanking a central, pedimented entrance block. The entrance is highlighted by an engaged tetrastyle Doric portico in antis, a doorway in the in-filled centre bay, and single windows to either side, repeated at the first floor level. A flight of three steps leads to the entrance. The pediment rises high above the eaves on a tall entablature, bearing four relief carvings of garland wreaths. The flanking bays are set back, with single bays at the centre, the outer two bays being slightly advanced to define the ends of the east elevation. A small, single-storey ashlar block, matching the style, was added to the south elevation in 1937, accessed by a flat-roofed porch. A 1937 timber and glazed sun-balcony sits above at the first floor level, with a metal fire-escape stair behind, obscuring the original south elevation.

The two-storey ward block, added in 1894 and used as Maternity and Female Medical wards in 1989, runs parallel to the main block along a north-south axis. It is constructed from the same brown-red sandstone, with a pitched slated roof and a pedimented gable end. The windows are timber sash and case, with shorter upper sashes. A large 9-pane window, likely an alteration from 1937, wraps around the eaves of the west elevation, incorporating a 3-pane roof light.

Various small, flat-roofed modern additions are present at the rear.

Ancillary structures, dating from the earlier-mid 19th century, are detached to the north of the infirmary. These consist of two pitched-roofed brown sandstone buildings, attached at right angles. One building has a two-storey section with a south-east facing elevation featuring large multi-paned windows – four at ground level, three at the first floor. A central opening at the first floor incorporates timber louvres, suggesting a wash-house or boiler room. The other building is single-storey and built into the slope of the ground.

Gate piers and enclosing walls were replaced around the 1940s but maintain the original boundary line. Original panelled ashlar piers and decorative cast-iron railings can be seen in a pre-1937 T Valentine photograph.