Kilsyth Victoria Cottage Hospital is a health facility in Glasgow Road,

Kilsyth Kilsyth (; Scottish Gaelic ''Cill Saidhe'') is a town and civil parish in North Lanarkshire, roughly halfway between Glasgow and Stirling in Scotland. The estimated population is 9,860. The town is famous for the Battle of Kilsyth and the relig ...

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, Scotland. It is managed by

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History

The facility was intended to commemorate the

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and was commissioned to treat workers who had suffered accidents in the local mines. It was financed by the miners themselves, designed by Ronald Walker in the Arts and Crafts style and opened by Sir Archibald Edmonstone in April 1903. The facility joined the

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in 1948 and was extended in 1974. A plaque was erected at the front of the building to commemorate its

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in April 2003.

References

1903 establishments in Scotland Hospitals established in 1903 Hospital buildings completed in 1903 NHS Scotland hospitals Hospitals in North Lanarkshire NHS Lanarkshire {{UK-hospital-stub