Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff, Grade 2 Listed, Oatley and Skinner, 1902-1908
The hospital first opened in 1908 as ‘Cardiff Lunatic Asylum', in the typical style for medical facilities – with a spine of central administrative blocks, and to each side, five-storey ward blocks.
The Whitchurch Hospital first opened in 1908 as ‘Cardiff Lunatic Asylum', in the typical style for medical facilities – with a spine of central administrative blocks, and to each side, five-storey ward blocks. It was amongst most modern of its period, designed as a self-contained community, with a farm, powerhouse, water supply and even its own fire station. Architects Oatley and Skinner of Bristol designed the hospital with its ornate interiors including the recreation hall with vaulted ceiling, and external red and yellow brick banding.
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