St_Tydfil's_Hospital

St Tydfil's Hospital

St Tydfil's Hospital

Hospital in Wales

Saint Tydfil's Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Sant Tydfil) was a rehabilitation hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It was managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. The entrance block, which is still standing, is a Grade II listed building.[1]

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History

The hospital has its origins in the Merthyr Tydfil Union Workhouse and Infirmary which opened in September 1853.[2] An entrance block was completed in 1870[1] and a new hospital was opened to the north of the workhouse in 1899.[2] It became the Tydfil Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, it received a visit from the Queen Mother in 1987.[3] After patients had transferred to Ysbyty Cwm Cynon, it closed in 2012 and most of the workhouse buildings were demolished in 2015.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "St Tydfil's Hospital: Entrance Block (Centre Part Only)". British listed buildings. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Merthyr Tydfil". Workhouses. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. [3]
    "The Union Workhouse & St. Tydfil's Hospital". Alan George. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
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