Southport Promenade Hospital

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Southport Promenade Hospital
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Southport Promenade Hospital
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Former location in Southport
Geography
Location Southport, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°39′14″N3°00′07″W / 53.653922°N 3.002064°W / 53.653922; -3.002064 Coordinates: 53°39′14″N3°00′07″W / 53.653922°N 3.002064°W / 53.653922; -3.002064
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type General Hospital
Services
History
Founded 1806
Closed 1990
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Southport Promenade Hospital is a Grade II listed former Victorian hospital that was situated on the Promenade at the seaside resort of Southport. The building has been restored into luxury apartments known as the Marine Gate Mansions.

Southport seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, England

Southport is a large seaside town in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England.

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History

The hospital was commissioned by the Southport Strangers Charity who established it using voluntary donations in Lord Street in 1806. [1] It became the Southport Dispensary in 1823. [1]

After the existing premises became too small, it moved to a new purpose-built building designed by Thomas Withnell in the Gothic Revival style in Seabank Road in 1853. [2] Its name changed again when it was extended and became the Southport Convalescent Hospital and Sea-Bathing Hospital in 1862. [1] It was extended again to a design by Paull and Bonella in 1881. [2]

Gothic Revival architecture architectural movement

Gothic Revival is an architectural movement popular in the Western World that began in the late 1740s in England. Its popularity grew rapidly in the early 19th century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-Gothic styles sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, in contrast to the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time. Gothic Revival draws features from the original Gothic style, including decorative patterns, finials, lancet windows, hood moulds and label stops.

It served as a military hospital during both world wars. [1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and developed as a treatment centre for patients with acute medical conditions, spinal injuries and orthopedic injuries. [1] After the spinal injuries unit transferred to the Southport General Infirmary in 1988, the hospital finally closed in 1990. [1]

National Health Service publicly funded healthcare systems within the United Kingdom

The NHS in England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the affiliated Health and Social Care (HSC) in Northern Ireland were established together in 1948 as one of the major social reforms following the Second World War. The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, apart from dental treatment and optical care.

Southport General Infirmary Hospital in England

Southport General Infirmary was a Victorian hospital that was Southport's first major hospital. The first construction of the building started in October 1892, with the first patients being seen at the hospital in September 1895.

The hospital, which is a Grade II listed building, [2] was subsequently converted into luxury apartments and is now known as Marine Gate Mansions. [3]

Listed building Collection of protected architectural creations in the United Kingdom

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Promenade Hospital, Southport". National Archives. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Historic England. "Promenade Hospital (1379734)". National Heritage List for England .
  3. "Bike thieves target Marine Gate Mansions Southport". OTS News. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2018.