Parc Hospital
Hospital in Bridgend, Wales
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Parc Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Parc) was a mental health facility at Bridgend in Wales.
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| Parc Hospital | |
|---|---|
Clocktower from Parc Hospital | |
  Shown in Bridgend County Borough | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bridgend, Wales |
| Coordinates | 51.5320°N 3.5646°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Mental health |
| History | |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Closed | 1996 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Wales |
History
Parc Gwyllt Farm and Gelliau Farm were identified in 1880 as forming a site suitable for the purposes of building an asylum.[1] The hospital, which was designed by Giles, Gough and Trollope using a compact arrow layout, opened as the Second Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum in 1886.[2] It became Parc Gwyllt County Mental Hospital in the 1920s and joined the National Health Service as Parc Hospital in 1948.[3]
After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in 1996.[2] The hospital was subsequently demolished and the site redeveloped as Parc Prison in 1997.[3] The old clocktower from Park Hospital has been restored and remains visible to the public on the Parc Prison site.[4]