Thomas Hope Hospital

Hospital in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
55°09′03″N 3°00′00″W / 55.1507°N 2.9999°W / 55.1507; -2.9999OrganisationCare systemNHS ScotlandTypeGeneralHistoryOpened1897LinksListsHospitals in Scotland

Thomas Hope Hospital is a health facility in Strand Street, Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway.

History

The facility was financed by a large legacy from Thomas Hope, a retailing entrepreneur who had worked in the United States.[1] It was designed by John Henry Townsend Wodd in the Jacobean style and opened as the Thomas Hope Hospital for the Poor in 1897.[2] The design included an octagonal mortuary.[2] The hospital joined the National Health Service as the Thomas Hope Hospital in 1948.[3]

References

  1. ^ "The Will of Thomas Hope". Langholm Archive Group. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Thomas Hope Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Thomas Hope Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
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