Glanrhyd Hospital
Glanrhyd Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Pen-y-fai near Bridgend in Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf University Health Board.
| Glanrhyd Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Cwm Taf University Health Board | |
 Main entrance to Glanrhyd Hospital | |
  Shown in Bridgend County Borough | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Pen-y-fai, Bridgend County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51.5257°N 3.5863°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Psychiatric hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1864 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Wales |
History
The hospital, which was designed by William Martin and John Henry Chamberlain in the Gothic Revival style using a linear corridor layout, opened as the Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum in November 1864.[1] It became the Glamorgan County Mental Hospital in 1922 and it joined the National Health Service as Glanrhyd Hospital in 1948.[1][2] A new low-secure unit, known as Taith Newydd ("New Journey"), was built on the site in 2014.[1] In 2022 Cadw designated the hospital grounds at Grade II on its Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. Its listing record notes the gardens' historic importance as a rare, and largely intact, example of the "designed gardens and grounds of a mid-nineteenth century asylum landscape."[3]
References
- "Glanrhyd Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- "Glanrhyd Hospital; Morgannwg Hospital (307115)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- Cadw. "Glanrhyd Hospital (PGW(Gm)10(BRI))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 7 February 2023.