Pool Park Hospital

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Rolfey

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History

Pool Park was built as a manor house between 1826-29 for the second Lord Bagot.The house was sold to the Tate family (of Tate & Lyle) as a family home. In the mid 1930's Pool Park was bought by the local health authority with the intention of converting it into a convalescent home for 80 male patients, and then during the war this was increased to 120. A prisoner of war camp was also built in the grounds!

In 1949 the house became a mental hospital to take some of the pressure off nearby Denbigh Asylum which was by now creaking at the seams. At this point female patients began to be treated as well. During the late 60s and early 70s mental asylums in the UK were progressively closed and Pool Park was no exception, finally closing it's doors in 1989.




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Thanks for looking!
 
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Looks like it's been cleaned out ready for whatever conversion happens to it. Not seen the little chapel before though, nice.
 
Looks good Rolfster.
Looks like they've started clearing it, the side was once very overgrown.
I heard it would restored as a retirement home. Anybody heard anything please?
 
Thank you electric! Yea very stripped but there was some structaul work that has been done on the inside, I don’t know what the development plans are! Lovely place though!
 

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