The Cottage Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Bwthyn, Trefynwy) was a

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on the Hereford Road in

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History

High School and Old Hospital Monmouth - 1909

The Cottage Hospital was commissioned to replace the aging Monmouth Hospital and Dispensary in St James Square. The proposed site, which had been previously occupied by the

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, was bought from the

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for £250.

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, ''Victorian Monmouth'', The Monmouth Historical and Educational trust, , page 61 The foundation stone was laid by Lord Llangattock, President of the Hospital Board, on 27 September 1902.Alan Sutton Publishing, ''Monmouth and the River Wye in Old Photographs'', Alan Sutton Publishing, 1989, , page 16 The hospital was designed by Richard Creed, built by Collins and Geoffrey and furnished by George Edwards of Monmouth.

, ''Monmouth and its Buildings'', Logaston Press, 2003, , page 65 The construction cost was around £7,500 of which £2,000 was donated by Lord Llangattock. The designer had to agree with the local vicar that the building would not obstruct the latter's view from the vicarage. According to

the new hospital was "one of the most successful building projects of the period in Monmouth". The opening ceremony for the hospital was held on 6 November 1903 and started with a procession at 3pm from the earlier

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in St James Square, led by the

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and by Hamilton Traherne Baillie,

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. A crowd of around a 1,000 gathered at the site for the opening. After services transferred to the

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, the Cottage Hospital closed in 2006.

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