Cottage Hospital

The L & Y Railway Cottage Hospital

Cottage Hospital Horwich

The Cottage Hospital was built in 1894, funding was provided by Henry Yates Thompson who had already given such gifts to the town as the recreation ground and bandstand. The Hospital would provide treatment for the people of the works and a number of other local firms. The hospital was used during the First World War by wounded servicemen to convalesce. The hospital was eventually phased out by the County Councils hospitals and was last used as a workshop.

The Cottage Hospital was demolished in 2009 a large cottage hospital motif that was built into the brickwork was saved during the demolition and was built into the brickwork of a new building which stands close to where the hospital stood on Brunel street.

Cottage Hospital

Site of Cottage Hospital

Latitude: 53.59308

Longitude: -2.54462