Hereford General Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Nelson Street, Hereford, England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 52°03′02″N 2°42′39″W / 52.0506°N 2.7107°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Type | General |
History | |
Opened | 1783 |
Closed | 2002 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
Hereford General Hospital was a health facility located on Nelson Street in Hereford. The main building, which has since been converted into apartments, remains a Grade II listed building. [1]
The facility was founded by the Rev Thomas Talbot who launched a subscription to fund a hospital in 1775. [2] A hospital opened in a temporary building in Eign Street in 1776. [2]
The permanent hospital was built on land donated by the Earl of Oxford and was designed by William Parker, [3]. It opened as the Hereford General Infirmary in 1783. [4] An asylum, designed by John Nash, was added in the 1790s with 20 cells. In 1847 this was replaced by a purpose-built asylum in Abergavenny. [5]
The General Infirmary was extended in 1783 with two new wards taking its capacity up to 60 patients and further extended when a children's ward was opened in 1887. [2] It became known as the Hereford General Hospital in 1900 and an additional building, known as the Hewat Pavilion, which operated as an orthopedic ward, opened in 1927. [4] By 1946 it had 127 beds of which five were maternity beds. [6]
It joined the National Health Service in 1948. [7] After services transferred to the new Hereford County Hospital in 2002, [8] the Hereford General Hospital closed and has since been converted into apartments. [9]
Hereford General Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Nelson Street, Hereford, England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 52°03′02″N 2°42′39″W / 52.0506°N 2.7107°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Type | General |
History | |
Opened | 1783 |
Closed | 2002 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
Hereford General Hospital was a health facility located on Nelson Street in Hereford. The main building, which has since been converted into apartments, remains a Grade II listed building. [1]
The facility was founded by the Rev Thomas Talbot who launched a subscription to fund a hospital in 1775. [2] A hospital opened in a temporary building in Eign Street in 1776. [2]
The permanent hospital was built on land donated by the Earl of Oxford and was designed by William Parker, [3]. It opened as the Hereford General Infirmary in 1783. [4] An asylum, designed by John Nash, was added in the 1790s with 20 cells. In 1847 this was replaced by a purpose-built asylum in Abergavenny. [5]
The General Infirmary was extended in 1783 with two new wards taking its capacity up to 60 patients and further extended when a children's ward was opened in 1887. [2] It became known as the Hereford General Hospital in 1900 and an additional building, known as the Hewat Pavilion, which operated as an orthopedic ward, opened in 1927. [4] By 1946 it had 127 beds of which five were maternity beds. [6]
It joined the National Health Service in 1948. [7] After services transferred to the new Hereford County Hospital in 2002, [8] the Hereford General Hospital closed and has since been converted into apartments. [9]