Lennox Castle

[1] It is infamous for previously hosting Lennox Castle Hospital, Scotland's "largest institution for people with learning disabilities".

[3][2] The castle itself was the nurses' home, whilst its grounds provided accommodation for about 1,200 patients.

[1] By 1982, 1360 patients between the ages of 10 and 80 years old were looked after by around 500 staff- with fewer than half of these being trained nurses.

[2] There was also a separate maternity unit in operation between the 1940s and 1960s;[3][5] singer Lulu and footballer John Brown were among the babies born there.

[6][7] This hospital was closed in 2002,[8] as a reflection in changes to how society treated patients with learning disabilities with a view to keeping them in the community.