The facility was designed by Arthur and Dwelly as a
workhouse and built on a site to the east of the junction of Longfield Place and Greenbank Road between 1852 and 1858. Enlargements included a major expansion of the medical facilities between 1907 and 1910. After it joined the
National Health Service in 1948, it was renamed Freedom Fields Hospital. Renal services transferred to the new
Derriford Hospital in 1982, maternity services transferred there in 1994 and the remaining services transferred in February 1998. The site has now been largely redeveloped for residential use. ==References==