Decay, Royal Alexandra Infirmary, Paisley, Scotland.

Royal Alexandra Infirmary.
This film is an opening to a series based around abandoned and decaying buildings.
The RAI opened in 1900, designed by Thomas Graham Abercrombie the Infirmary was an expansion to an existing Infirmary and dispensary dating back to 1786, partially funded by some leading Paisley names of the time including Peter Coats, William. B. Barbour and the Clark Family the Infirmary cost £73,000 to construct. The building has seen several further additions and expansions throughout its life.
The Infirmary closed finally in 1987 when the new Royal Alexandra Hospital opened. The building has seen several occupiers after its closure, some of the building has been converted to apartments, and the remainder became a nursing home, this eventually closed in 2008, and the building has been abandoned since. The RAI was added to the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland in 2010.
If you like this film then please let me know in the comments, likewise, if you have a suggestion of an interesting building that is at risk, let me know.
Recorded using the DJI Mini 3.
Music: Dreaming in 432hz By Unicorn Heads.

[@thomasforsyth8329]

Thank you Martin, I Had my appendix out at the RAI around 1965, sad to see this beautiful building go.

[@martinofscotland]

Thanks Thomas, I have to agree it's sad to see it deteriorate year by year.

[@helenwilliamson7099]

Its s shame such a beautiful building ❤

[@martinofscotland]

indeed is is Helen, let's hope it can all be recovered and restored to its former glory.

[@davidm9870]

Amazing video Martin 👏👏👍. What a waste of a stunning property. Even a continuation of apartments conversion would be better than this..😢

[@martinofscotland]

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks. Hopefully its future will change for the best.

[@alanmctavish4802]

I can remember going into the RAI as it used to be called when i was about age 8 or 9 when i broke my arm, so that would have been in 1981-82 say. That was the only time i was ever in it, so i didnt get to see much of it. But it looked big when i see the old photos of it and then i rememberd the front of the hospital, and that looked big as i went in the main doors. But when they opend up the new RAH in 1989 i thought they had knocked down the whole of the old hospital as the main bit at the neilson rd end had been taken away. But i didnt know they had left alot of it still up further into the grounds behind where the main front bit was. I dont know why they left that bit up that we saw there?

[@martinofscotland]

The 1970's bit at the entrance was the Accident & Emergency, I myself was there after breaking a leg as a kid. The wards facing Neilston Road where the original dispensary was are still there and are occupied as flats. The remaining section that joins onto the front is in pretty bad shape, in some respects I think its unrecoverable, I suspect it will be demolished and flats built in the remaining part. Another part of Paisley history allowed to slip away. Thanks for watching.