Glanrhyd Hospital

Glanrhyd Hospital
Glanrhyd Hospital
Cwm Taf University Health Board
	Main entrance to Glanrhyd Hospital
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	Shown in Bridgend County Borough
Geography
Location	Pen-y-fai, Bridgend County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°31′33″N 3°35′11″W / 51.5257°N 3.5863°WCoordinates: 51°31′33″N 3°35′11″W / 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

Glanrhyd Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Pen-y-fai near Bridgend in Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf University Health Board.

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]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Glanrhyd Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ "Glanrhyd Hospital; Morgannwg Hospital". Coflein. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[county-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Glanrhyd Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[2] "Glanrhyd Hospital; Morgannwg Hospital". Coflein. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

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