Abertillery And District Hospital
Abertillery and District Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Abertyleri a'r Cylch) was a community hospital in Aberbeeg, near Abertillery, in Blaenau Gwent County Borough, Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. It is a Grade II listed building.
History
The site for the hospital was acquired from the Hanbury Estate. A foundation stone was laid on behalf of the directors of the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company and the Lancaster Steam Coal Company, another on behalf of their workers and a third stone on behalf of the people of Abertillery on 25 September 1920. The hospital was designed by Walter Prosser and built by John Henry Monks. It opened on 30 September 1922. It joined the National Health Service in 1948.
The hospital closed in 2008 and was subsequently acquired by the St Luke's Hospital Group who continue to operate it as a mental health facility.
In popular culture
The hospital was used for scenes in the Doctor Who episode "The Eleventh Hour" and the film Skellig.
References
- ^ "Abertillery and District Hospital". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Abertillery and District Hospital". Out of the Blue Artifacts. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Abertillery and District Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "New life for Abertillery Hospital". South Wales Argus. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "The Eleventh Hour". Shannon Sullivan. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Aberbeeg's a hit with film makers". Wales Online. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2019.