Building Name
Two Scarlet Fever Wards and Two Typhoid Wards, Astley Sanatorium
Date
1886
District/Town
Astley, Leigh
County/Country
GMCA, England
Partnership
Client
Leigh Joint Hospital Board
Status
Demolished
In 1893 the Leigh Local Board purchased the Astley Hall (Damhouse) Estate with the intention of turning the site into a sanatorium for infectious diseases. The late Elizabethan manor house was turned into the administration block and ward blocks were built in the grounds around it. Just over a century later the sanatorium, which had become a general hospital in 1948 was closed and the buildings demolished.
Reference Manchester Guardian Saturday 13 June 1896 Page 10 (Contracts)
Reference Manchester Guardian Saturday 6 June Page 10 (Contracts)