Glanrhyd Hospital is a

psychiatric hospital Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, behavioral health hospitals, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, dissociat ...

in Pen-y-fai near

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in Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf University Health Board.

History

The hospital, which was designed by William Martin and

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in the

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using a linear corridor layout, opened as the Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum in November 1864. It became the Glamorgan County Mental Hospital in 1922 and it joined the

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as Glanrhyd Hospital in 1948. A new low-secure unit, known as Taith Newydd ("New Journey"), was built on the site in 2014.

References

Psychiatric hospitals in Wales Hospitals established in 1864 Hospital buildings completed in 1864 Hospitals in Bridgend County Borough NHS hospitals in Wales Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board {{UK-hospital-stub