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Parkside Hospital

Parkside Hospital

Hospital in Macclesfield, England

Parkside Hospital was a mental health facility at Victoria Road in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. The administration block survives and is a Grade II listed building.[1]

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History

The hospital, which was designed by Robert Griffiths in the Italianate style using a corridor-pavilion layout, opened as the Second Cheshire County Asylum in May 1871.[2] A female epileptic block was completed in 1891 and a male epileptic block was completed in 1903.[2] It became Cheshire County Mental Hospital in 1920 and joined the National Health Service as Parkside Hospital in 1948.[3]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in January 1997.[2] The main administration block was subsequently converted into apartments.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Historic England. "Parkside Hospital (Original blocks only), Macclesfield (1210399)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Parkside Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Parkside Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

Further reading

  • Broadhurst, David A. (2007). A History of Parkside Hospital, Macclesfield 1871-1996 : A Sense of Perspective. Churnet Valley Books. ISBN 978-1897949283.
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