Totnes Community Hospital
Hospital in Devon, England
50°25′58″N 3°41′02″W / 50.4327°N 3.6840°W / 50.4327; -3.6840
Totnes Community Hospitalis a health facility on Coronation Road in Totnes, Devon, England. It is managed by Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The facilities has its origins in a cottage hospital established by the conversion of a house on Steamer Quay Road in the 19th century.[1] This was replaced by a new purpose-built cottage hospital built by Thomas Brook on Bridgetown Hill in the 1890s.[1][2] The Bridgetown Hill facility eventually became decrepit and, after the hospital closed in the early 1990s, the site was developed as Varian Court.[1]
The current facility on Coronation Road, which replaced both the old Bridgetown Hill facility and the Broomborough Hospital, was opened by the Duchess of Kent in 1993.[1] The hospital was briefly closed because of the discovery of the legionella bacteria in January 2019.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Devon Historic Coastal and Market Towns Survey: Totnes" (PDF). Cornwall Council. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Victorian Totnes Developer Built Homes For Six Daughters". Chartsedge News. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Legionella discovered at Totnes Community Hospital in Devon". Devon Live. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
Further reading
- Earle, Elizabeth (1987). A noble institution: a history of the Totnes Cottage Hospital. Totnes Community Archive.
External links
- Official website
