Barnes Hospital
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| Barnes Hospital | |
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_2.jpg) The main building of Barnes Hospital in April 2008 |
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| Former names | Barnes Convalescent Home |
| General information | |
| Type | Former hospital |
| Location | Cheadle, England |
| Coordinates | 53°23′49.12″N 2°13′24.4″W / 53.3969778°N 2.223444°WCoordinates: 53°23′49.12″N 2°13′24.4″W / 53.3969778°N 2.223444°W |
| Construction started | 1871 |
| Completed | 1875 |
| Design and construction | |
| Owner | Reality Estates |
Barnes Hospital, also known as Barnes Convalescent Home, in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England, is a former hospital. It is located near to the A34 road and is in the middle of the complex interchange between the A34, M60 motorway and M56 motorway. Whilst the hospital was constructed in a rural setting, it is now surrounded by roads.[1] The main building is Grade II listed, and lies on green belt land.[2]
A donation of £26,000 for the founding of a new convalescent hospital in Cheadle was made in 1869 by Robert Barnes. Construction of the hospital, named the Barnes Convalescent Home, started in 1871 and was completed in 1875. It was constructed of bricks, the clay for which was provided locally.[1]
[edit] Hospital
Broken remains of three stone high crosses were discovered in 1874 during the construction of the hospital. The location of only one of these is known today; this consists of a crosshead of Celtic cross form with a central boss, and dates from the late 10th or 11th century. It is now located in St Mary's Church, Cheadle. The other two pieces are said to be part of a much older cross, and the upper part of an Anglo-Saxon cross shaft.[3][4]
The hospital operated through the war caring for injured soldiers and taking in traumas, on the same site of Barnes Hospital there was also a fever hospital where patients with tuberculosis and yellow fever were treated in isolation wards. The main use for the hospital in its later life was for geriatric care and stroke patients.
[edit] Closure
It closed in September 1999 while Manchester Healthcare Trust was undergoing a £2 million cost cut.[1][5]
The hospital was sold in 2001,[2] and is now owned by Reality Estates. The main building is currently being converted into 42 flats, with the other buildings on the site having been demolished for the construction of 18 houses and 77 more flats.[5] The other flats will be in two blocks.[6] The work will cost £10 million, and will take 72 weeks.[7]
During World War II the hospital was used as a convalescent home for wounded soldiers.[8] Following its closure the hospital temporarily housed a large group of refugees from Kosovo.[2][5][9] It was featured on Most Haunted Live in September 2005.[1] The site was briefly occupied by around 100 gypsy families in February 2007.[6]
[edit] References
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- ^ a b c d "Barnes Hospital History — Abandoned Photography". opacity.us. http://www.opacity.us/site144_barnes_hospital.htm. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
- ^ a b c "Hospital sold to mystery buyer". Stockport Express (M.E.N. Media). 28 February 2001. http://menmedia.co.uk/stockportexpress/news/s/306771_hospital_sold_to_mystery_buyer.html. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
- ^ "Cheadle Conservation Area Character Appraisal". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. March 2006. http://www.stockport.gov.uk/2013/2978/8803/9020/12299/cheadlevillageapp. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ "Cheadle Parish Church—St Mary's". http://www.cheadle.org/cross.htm. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
- ^ a b c Weisgard, Jon (4 December 2002). "Ex-hospital due to become flats". Stockport Express (M.E.N. Media). http://menmedia.co.uk/stockportexpress/news/s/310358_exhospital_due_to_become_flats.html. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
- ^ a b Skinner, Miles (28 February 2007). "Gatley counts cost of clean-up after Gypsies". Stockport Express (M.E.N. Media). http://menmedia.co.uk/stockportexpress/news/s/524038_gatley_counts_cost_of_cleanup_after_gypsies.html. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
- ^ "Browns Construction Group Ltd Case Studies — Barnes Hospital, Cheadle". Browns Construction Group Ltd. http://www.bcgl.co.uk/pages/case_study.asp?id=8. Retrieved 14 April 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "WW2 People's War — an archive of World War Two memories". 17 January 2005. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/81/a3536381.shtml. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
- ^ "Kosovan Refugees". Manchester City Council. http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=506&pageNumber=18. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
