Parkside Hospital

Parkside Hospital was a mental health facility at Victoria Road in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. The administration block survives and is a Grade II listed building.[1]

Parkside Hospital
Clock tower at former Parkside Hospital
Shown in Cheshire
Geography
Location	Macclesfield, England
Coordinates	53.2628°N 2.1560°W / 53.2628; -2.1560
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Type	Specialist
Services
Speciality	Mental health
History
Opened	1871
Closed	1997
Links
Lists	Hospitals in England

History

The hospital, which was designed by Robert Griffiths in the Italianate style using a corridor-pavilion layout, opened as the Second Cheshire County Asylum in May 1871.[2] A female epileptic block was completed in 1891 and a male epileptic block was completed in 1903.[2] It became Cheshire County Mental Hospital in 1920 and joined the National Health Service as Parkside Hospital in 1948.[3]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in January 1997.[2] The main administration block was subsequently converted into apartments.[2]

See also

• Macclesfield District General Hospital

References

1. Historic England. "Parkside Hospital (Original blocks only), Macclesfield (1210399)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
2. "Parkside Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
3. "Parkside Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

Further reading

• Broadhurst, David A. (2007). A History of Parkside Hospital, Macclesfield 1871-1996 : A Sense of Perspective. Churnet Valley Books. ISBN 978-1897949283.