MORGAN ACADEMY, DUNDEE, SCOTLAND,UNITED KINGDOM.

            THE MORGAN IS AN IMPOSING LANDMARK BUILDING OF TREMENDOUS ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, DESIGNED IN 1862 BY THE EDINBURGH ARCHITECTS JOHN DICK PEDDIE AND CHARLES KINNEAR. IT OPENED IN 1868 AS THE MORGAN HOSPITAL, A CHARITABLE INSTITUTION PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION AND EDUCATION FOR “SONS OF TRADESMEN AND PERSONS OF THE WORKING CLASS GENERALLY WHOSE PARENTS STAND IN THE NEED OF ASSISTANCE”.
THE HOSPITAL CLOSED IN 1888 BECAUSE NEW LEGISLATION CAUSED IT TO CHANGE INTO AN EDUCATIONAL GRANT AWARDING TRUST. THE BUILDING WAS SOLD TO THE NEWLY FORMED DUNDEE BURGH SCHOOL BOARD FOR £15,000. IT WAS CONVERTED INTO A DAY SCHOOL FOR 650 PUPILS AND REOPENED AS MORGAN ACADEMY IN 1889 WITH VARIOUS ALTERATIONS, INCLUDING ROOFING OVER THE COURTYARD AS A HALL.
HOWEVER, BY THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, PRESSURE FOR MORE SUITABLE AND ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO CONVERT THE SMALL ROOMS FROM THE INSTITUTION INTO LARGER CLASSROOMS WITH WIDE CORRIDORS, NEW TOILETS AND TO BUILD A LARGE THREE STORY WING TO THE NORTH. THIS NORTH RANGE WAS COMPLETED IN 1915 AND WAS DESIGNED BY JAMES LANGLANDS, WHO WAS THE SCHOOL BOARD ARCHITECT.
THE SCHOOL’S ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED WITH CATEGORY A LISTING WHEN DUNDEE’S FIRST SURVEY OF LISTED BUILDINGS WAS COMPILED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 1963.

   

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