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]
| Hereford General Hospital | |
|---|---|
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  Shown in Herefordshire | |
| 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 |
History edit
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]
References edit
- ^ Historic England. "Hereford General Hospital (central block) (1298799)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ a b c Langford, A W (1959). "Presidential Address" (PDF). Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club. xxxvi: 150.
- ^ "West view of the Infirmary, Hereford". Online gallery. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Hereford General Hospital". Old Hereford Pics. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ Griffith, Rhys (2019). "Proceedings, 2019" (PDF). Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club. 67: 16–17. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ English County. A Planning Survey of Herefordshire. West Midland Group on Post War Reconstruction and Planning. 1946. p. 216.
- ^ "Hereford General Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Hereford PFI deal closed". Building. 23 April 1999. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ Renton, Charles (1999). The Story of Herefordshire's Hospitals. Almeley: Logaston Press. p. 220. ISBN 1873827210.