Hawick Cottage Hospital was a health facility at Buccleuch Road in

Hawick Hawick ( ; ; ) is a town in the Scottish Borders council areas of Scotland, council area and counties of Scotland, historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-south-east o ...

, Scotland. It was managed by

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. It is a Category B

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History

The foundation stone for the hospital, which was designed by John McLachlan, was laid by the Earl of Mar and Kellie in August 1884. The hospital was opened in August 1885. The Minto Wing, which was financed by a gift from Violet Astor, was opened by the

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in 1926. The hospital joined the

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in 1948. After services transferred to the

Hawick Community Hospital Hawick Community Hospital is a health facility at Victoria Road in Hawick, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Borders. History The hospital was commissioned to replace the ageing Hawick Cottage Hospital. It was built by Border Construction on the s ...

in 2005, Hawick Cottage Hospital closed and is now on the Buildings at Risk Register.

References

Hospitals in the Scottish Borders 1884 establishments in Scotland Hospitals established in 1884 Hospital buildings completed in 1885 Defunct hospitals in Scotland {{UK-hospital-stub