Gransha Hospital

The facility was commissioned to replace the aging Londonderry County Asylum on Strand Road, which had become overcrowded.^[1][2]

The first sod was cut for the new building on Clooney Road on 1 June 1903. It was designed by Matthew Alexander Robinson in the Victorian style, built in brick with a cement render finish and was completed in May 1905.^[3]

After joining the National Health Service in 1948,^[4] the facility evolved to become the Stradreagh Hospital.^[5]

Two gate lodges were added in the 1960s.^[6] Following the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline and almost all buildings in the old hospital were closed by December 2011.^[7]

The main building of the old hospital was occupied by Oakgrove Integrated College on a temporary basis from 1992^[8] until the college moved into modern purpose-built accommodation in 2004.^[9] It was subsequently left to decay and was badly damaged in a serious fire in March 2016.^[10]

The following modern facilities have been established at Gransha Park, the site of the old hospital:

• Grangewood Hospital, which was designed by Avanti Architects in collaboration with Kennedy Fitzgerald and built by Heron Brothers at a cost of £10.8 million, was completed in November 2012.^[11][12] The 30-bed hospital provides inpatient acute mental health care services.^[13]
• Lakeview Hospital, which was built at a cost of £4.8 million, was completed in October 2005.^[14] The 43-bed facility provides assessment and treatment for people with learning and mental health problems.^[14]
• Waterside Hospital, which dates back to the 1970s,^[15][16] was partially refurbished in 2014.^[17] The facility provides services for elderly people including dementia sufferers.^[17]

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  Lakeview Hospital
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  Waterside Hospital