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St Mary's Hospital was created from a
The facility's origins lie in the Luton Union Workhouse which was built on land donated by the Marquis of Bute. The central block was designed by John Williams and opened in 1836.
An infirmary block was built to the west of the central block in the 1870s and was replaced by a new infirmary building to the north of the central block in 1912.
After the medical facilities had absorbed the central block itself, the whole site became St Mary's Hospital in 1930 and it joined the
workhouse
In Britain and Ireland, a workhouse (, lit. "poor-house") was a total institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. In Scotland, they were usually known as Scottish poorhouse, poorh ...
situated on Dunstable Road in Luton
Luton () is a town and borough in Bedfordshire, England. The borough had a population of 225,262 at the 2021 census.
Luton is on the River Lea, about north-west of London. The town's foundation dates to the sixth century as a Saxon settleme ...
, Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (; abbreviated ''Beds'') is a Ceremonial County, ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckin ...
, England. Several of the original buildings still exist today. Following the introduction of the National Health Service
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in 1948 the site became St Mary's Hospital and the central block of the main building is now a care home for elderly people. It is a Grade II listed building
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History
The facility's origins lie in the Luton Union Workhouse which was built on land donated by the Marquis of Bute. The central block was designed by John Williams and opened in 1836.
An infirmary block was built to the west of the central block in the 1870s and was replaced by a new infirmary building to the north of the central block in 1912.
After the medical facilities had absorbed the central block itself, the whole site became St Mary's Hospital in 1930 and it joined the National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern ...
in 1948.
The main block was subsequently acquired by Bupa, refurbished and then converted into a care home for elderly residents.
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