Parkside Hospital
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]
| Parkside Hospital | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) Clock tower at former Parkside Hospital | |
  Shown in Cheshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Macclesfield, England |
| Coordinates | 53.2628°N 2.1560°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Mental health |
| History | |
| Opened | 1871 |
| Closed | 1997 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
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]
References
- Historic England. "Parkside Hospital (Original blocks only), Macclesfield (1210399)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- "Parkside Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- "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.