Preston Royal Infirmary

The hospital had its origins in a House of Recovery constructed between 1829 and 1833.^[1] It was extended by James Hibbert between 1866 and 1870^[3] to create the Preston and County of Lancaster Royal Infirmary; this facility became the Preston and County of Lancaster Queen Victoria Royal Infirmary in 1929.^[4] A further two storeys were added to the main block in 1936.^[1]

Picture tiles depicting nursery rhymes, fairy tales, animals and birds dating from 1929 to 1935 were installed in the Alderman Thomas Parkinson Children's Ward in the Princess Mary Wing.^[5]

It joined the National Health Service as the Preston Royal Infirmary in 1948 and, after services had transferred to the Royal Preston Hospital, it closed in 1990.^[4] Two buildings each gained Grade II listed building status on 7 April 1988, and were subsequently converted for use as student halls of residence.^[1][2]

• Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9