The hospital, which was designed by
Henry Duesbury in the
Jacobean style using a corridor layout, opened in August 1851. The chapel was completed in 1869 and additional wards were created in 1895 and in 1905. After the introduction of
Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in 1994. The main administration block was subsequently converted into apartments as Duesbury Court. ==See also==