Thomas Hope Hospital

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Thomas Hope Hospital
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
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Thomas Hope Hospital
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Geography
LocationMarket Place, Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Coordinates 55°09′03″N3°00′00″W / 55.1507°N 2.9999°W / 55.1507; -2.9999
Organisation
Care system NHS Scotland
Type General
History
Opened1897
Links
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Thomas Hope Hospital is a health facility at Market Place, Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway.

History

The facility was financed by a large legacy from Thomas Hope, a retailing entrepreneur who had worked in the United States. [1] It was designed by John Henry Townsend Wodd in the Jacobean style and opened as the Thomas Hope Hospital for the Poor in 1897. [2] The design included an octagonal mortuary. [2] The hospital joined the National Health Service as the Thomas Hope Hospital in 1948. [3]

References

  1. "The Will of Thomas Hope". Langholm Archive Group. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Thomas Hope Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  3. "Thomas Hope Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 8 February 2020.