Carlisle City General Hospital

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Carlisle City General Hospital
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Carlisle City General Hospital
Carlisle City General Hospital
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Shown in Cumbria
Geography
LocationFusehill Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, England
Coordinates 54°53′29″N2°55′21″W / 54.8914°N 2.9224°W / 54.8914; -2.9224 Coordinates: 54°53′29″N2°55′21″W / 54.8914°N 2.9224°W / 54.8914; -2.9224
Organisation
Care system NHS
History
Opened1863
Closed1999

The Carlisle City General Hospital was a health facility in Fusehill Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. It is a Grade II listed building. [1]

History

The facility has its origins in the Carlisle Union Workhouse which was designed by Henry Lockwood and William Mawson and was completed in 1863. [2] It became a military hospital at Easter 1917 during both the First World War and then served as a military hospital again during the Second World War. [3] It joined the National Health Service as the Carlisle City General Hospital in 1948. [4] After services transferred to the new Cumberland Infirmary, it closed in 1999. [5] It was subsequently converted to become St Martin's College and evolved to become the Carlisle campus of the University of Cumbria. [2]

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References

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