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Garlands Hospital

Coordinates: 54°52′36″N 2°53′09″W / 54.8766°N 2.8858°W / 54.8766; -2.8858
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Garlands Hospital
Garlands Hospital
Garlands Hospital is located in Cumbria
Garlands Hospital
Shown in Cumbria
Geography
LocationCarleton near Carlisle, Cumbria, England
Coordinates54°52′36″N 2°53′09″W / 54.8766°N 2.8858°W / 54.8766; -2.8858
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeSpecialist
Services
Emergency departmentN/A
SpecialityPsychiatric Hospital
History
Opened1862
Closed1999
Links
ListsHospitals in England

Garlands Hospital was a mental health facility at Carleton near Carlisle in Cumbria, England.

History

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The hospital, which was designed by Thomas Worthington and John Augustus Cory using a Corridor Plan layout, opened as the Cumberland and Westmorland Lunatic Asylum in January 1862.[1] The building was implemented by John Augustus Cory, surveyor to the county of Cumberland.[1] It joined the National Health Service as Garlands Hospital in 1948.[1] Concerns were raised in Parliament about the amount of overcrowding in the hospital in 1955.[2]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in March 1999.[1] The administration block was subsequently converted into apartments.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Garlands Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Garlands Hospital, Carlisle (Accommodation)". Hansard. 2 May 1955. Retrieved 12 April 2019.