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Pen-y-Fal Hospital

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A new infirmary wing was completed in 1861 and a laundry block was added in 1875. The central administration block and the epileptic block were completed in 1883 and the working men's dormitory was opened in 1891. At its peak at the end of the century it had 1,170 patients.
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dressings and opened as the Joint Counties' Lunatic Asylum in December 1851. It initially had 210 inmates in 12 wards and was set in grounds of 75 acres of landscaping.
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Between 1851 and 1950, over 3,000 patients died at the hospital. A memorial plaque for the deceased has now been placed at the site.
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It became the Monmouthshire Asylum in 1897 and was renamed the Monmouth Mental Hospital in 1930 before joining the
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in the early 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline and it finally closed in 1997.
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The main hospital building was converted into luxury accommodation by
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The Joint Counties' Lunatic Asylum, "Hereford Journal Almanac", 1850
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Former psychiatric hospital in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
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as Pen-y-Val Hospital in 1948. After the introduction of
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Pen-y-Fal Hospital is located in Monmouthshire
Abergavenny
Monmouthshire
Coordinates
51°49′27″N 3°00′33″W / 51.824246°N 3.009164°W / 51.824246; -3.009164
Care system
Type
Specialist
Hospitals in Wales
Welsh
psychiatric hospital
Abergavenny
Monmouthshire

Thomas Fulljames
Gothic style
old red sandstone
Bath stone
National Health Service
Care in the Community
Redrow plc
History of psychiatric institutions
History of mental disorders
"Parc Pen-y-fal (former main hospital building)"


"Pen-y-Fal Hospital"

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