Queen Victoria Memorial Cottage Hospital Buxton Road Ashbourne

The new Queen Victoria Memorial Cottage Hospital at Ashbourne, which was opened yesterday by HRH Princess Christian is situated in Buxton Road. Owing to the somewhat restricted area of the site, says the Manchester Guardian, the new building has been planned with a second storey over the central block and has accommodation for eight beds and two cots. The ground floor comprises male and female wards, each containing three beds and a cot; matron’s and nurses’ rooms, offices and an operating room. The first floor contains two single bed wards for isolation cases. The hospital has been built from designs prepared by Mr A E Evill of Cooper Street Manchester at a total cost, including laying out of the grounds of about £2,500.  [British Architect 16 October 1903 Page 290]

Princess Christian visited Ashbourne on Thursday in last week and opened a new cottage hospital, erected at a cost of nearly £3,000 as a memorial to Queen Victoria. [Building News 23 October 1903 page 568]

Reference    Manchester Guardian 14 October 1903
Reference    British Architect 16 October 1903 Page 290
Reference    Building News 23 October 1903 page 568