Pen-y-Fal Hospital
Pen-y-Fal Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Pen-y-Fal) was a psychiatric hospital in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. The main building is Grade II listed.[1]
| Pen-y-Fal Hospital | |
|---|---|
 Main hospital converted to accommodation (2007) | |
  Shown in Monmouthshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Coordinates | 51.824246°N 3.009164°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Beds | 1,170 (at peak) |
| Speciality | Mental health |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 December 1851 |
| Closed | 1997 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Wales |
History
The hospital was designed by Thomas Fulljames using a corridor plan layout.[2] It was built in the Gothic style using local old red sandstone with Bath stone dressings and opened as the Joint Counties' Lunatic Asylum in December 1851.[2] It initially had 210 inmates in 12 wards[3] and was set in grounds of 75 acres of landscaping.[4]
A new infirmary wing was completed in 1861 and a laundry block was added in 1875.[3] The central administration block and the epileptic block were completed in 1883 and the working men's dormitory was opened in 1891.[3] At its peak at the end of the century it had 1,170 patients.[3]
It became the Monmouthshire Asylum in 1897 and was renamed the Monmouth Mental Hospital in 1930[3] before joining the National Health Service as Pen-y-Val 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 it finally closed in 1997.[3]
Between 1851 and 1950, over 3,000 patients died at the hospital. A memorial plaque for the deceased has now been placed at the site.[5]
The main hospital building was converted into luxury accommodation by Redrow plc under the name "Sarno Square" in 2001.[6][7]
References
- "Parc Pen-y-fal (former main hospital building)". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- "Pen-y-Fal Hospital". County Hospitals. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- "Pen-y-Fal". Coflein. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- Burdett, Henry C. (1891). "Hospitals and Asylums of the world". J & A Churchill.
- "Pen-y-Fal Psychiatric Hospital". coflein.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- "Plans passed for six luxury townhouses within this Abergavenny Hospital chapel conversion". Wales online. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- "Sarno Square". Atlantis Estates. Retrieved 4 February 2019.