Hospitalfield House is a stunning early Arts & Crafts Scottish Baronial country house, left in trust in 1890 to support artists. The organisation runs a programme of public events, including exhibitions, walks and workshops, weekly tours during the summer and residencies for artists.

The distinctive double Walled Garden at Hospitalfield has been redesigned by garden designer Nigel Dunnett. The scheme was developed to reveal the unique horticultural history of the site at Hospitalfield, which has been tended as a garden for over 800 years.

The Fernery at Hospitalfield was designed in 1872 by Patrick Allan-Fraser as a grotto-like building intended to house a collection of New Zealand tree ferns that were presented to him by Captain Peter Logan. This is the only surviving Fernery on the east coast of Scotland, and one of only four buildings of this type in Scotland.

Visitors can dine in the Garden Café at Hospitalfield.

Opening Times:

We offer a programme of guided tours of Hospitalfield House, the Walled Garden and the Mortuary Chapel in Arbroath’s Western Cemetery. Our volunteers focus on the 19th century story of the artist Patrick Allan Fraser and his wife Elizabeth and touched on the 20th century and the beginning of the art school.

Tours of the House, Garden and Memorial Chapel are available April to October. Please note there is no public access to Hospitalfield House outside of the tours. Book your tour on the Hospitalfield website.

Accessibility:

Hospitalfield House is a Victorian house over several floors with wide staircases and banisters in most cases. Some areas of the house, including the Music Room on the ground floor, are accessible by wheelchair.

Hospitalfield Gardens and Café is wheelchair accessible via a ramp into the Gardens.

It is possible to access the ground floor level of the restored Fernery.

Hospitalfield would like to prepare with you for your visit and give any information which could help, so please do get in touch.

There is disabled parking available on site.