Garlands Hospital
Hospital in Cumbria, England
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Garlands Hospital was a mental health facility at Carleton near Carlisle in Cumbria, England.
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| Garlands Hospital | |
|---|---|
Garlands Hospital | |
  Shown in Cumbria | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Carleton near Carlisle, Cumbria, England |
| Coordinates | 54.8766°N 2.8858°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | N/A |
| Speciality | Psychiatric Hospital |
| History | |
| Founded | 1862 |
| Closed | 1999 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
The hospital, which was designed by Thomas Worthington and John Augustus Cory using a Corridor Plan layout, opened as the Cumberland and Westmorland Lunatic Asylum in January 1862.[1] The building was implemented by John Augustus Cory, surveyor to the county of Cumberland.[1] It joined the National Health Service as Garlands Hospital in 1948.[1] Concerns were raised in Parliament about the amount of overcrowding in the hospital in 1955.[2]
After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in March 1999.[1] The administration block was subsequently converted into apartments.[1]