Stretford Memorial Hospital

The facility, which was designed in the Italianate style, was built as a private residence known as Basford House and completed in around 1850.[1] It was lent to the British Red Cross for use as an auxiliary hospital during the First World War.[1] A local trust acquired the building and converted into a maternity hospital, as a lasting memorial to soldiers who died in the First World War, in 1925.[2] It joined the National Health Service in 1948[3] and the pop star, Andy Gibb, was born at the hospital in 1958.[4] It was converted for use as a geriatric hospital in October 1985.[2]

Services transferred to Trafford General Hospital and Stretford Memorial Hospital closed in 2015.[5] After its closure, the site became a target for vandals and squatters.[6] In May 2021, a developer submitted proposals for the restoration of the building to the trust.[7]