Cefn Mably Hospital

Cefn Mably Hospital is the name of a hospital which was situated in the St Mellons area of Cardiff, Wales, UK.

History

A house of some sort stood there in the early 12th century. It was largely rebuilt in the Tudor architecture style in the 16th century; the east wing was subsequently rebuilt from 1688 in Georgian architecture style. V Goodman, "Cefn Mably Hospital", "Glamorgan Family History Society Journal" no 59, September 2000]

As a manor house, in 1893 it was described by the "Cardiff Times" as one of the finest and most historic country seats in Wales" http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/eisteddfodarts03/artist/davies-sutton2.shtml] . The building was leased by Lord Tredegar at very low cost to the local health authority as a tuberculosis sanatorium in the 1920s. At its opening in 1924 it held 112 patients. Subsequently it became a general hospital.

When it closed down in 1983, the building, which was listed http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/sites/cefnmabl.htm Detail of listing] , became derelicthttp://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmselect/cmcumeds/195/195ap36.htm "A beautiful house that has been so brutally vandalised it has now become the local fly tip": evidence given to the House of Commons by the charity Save Britain's Heritage.] . A fire raged through the building in 1994 : the remains of the building were eventually converted to luxury apartments.

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