Blair Hospital

Blair Hospital
Blair Hospital
Shown in Greater Manchester
Geography
Location	Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
Coordinates	53.620°N 2.423°W / 53.620; -2.423
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Services
Emergency department	No
History
Opened	1887
Links
Lists	Hospitals in England

Blair Hospital was a health facility at Bromley Cross near Bolton, Greater Manchester. It was a very distinctive building, perhaps one of Bolton's really "well-known buildings".[1]

History

The hospital was financed by a legacy from Stephen Blair, a former Member of Parliament.[1] James Knowles, a former Mayor of Bolton, presented the land and the hospital, which was designed by James Medland Taylor,[2] was completed in 1887.[3] The hospital was used by the Red Cross during the First World War.[3] It joined the National Health Service as the Blair Convalescent Hospital in 1948 and closed in 1991.[3] The building was subsequently acquired by an Islamic College and, following demolition of the building, the site was later redeveloped for residential use by Barratt Developments.[4]

See also

• John Hick

References

1. "The man who gave a hospital to Bolton". Bolton News. 14 November 2002. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004). Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East. Yale University Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0300105834.
3. "Blair Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
4. "Letters blitz in battle against houses". Bolton News. 27 April 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2019.