St Mary's Hospital is a health facility in Milton Road,

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, England. It is managed by

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History

The facility has its origins in the Portsea Island Union Workhouse which was designed by

Augustus Livesay Augustus Frederick Livesay (8 May 1808 – 24 September 1879), known professionally as A. F. Livesay, was an architect based in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, England. Life and work Livesay was born in Portsea, Portsmouth to John and Sarah ...

and

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and which opened in 1846. A new infirmary block, designed by Charles Bevis, was added in 1896. The infirmary block was extended by the addition of a ward block and a maternity block in 1908. Further ward blocks were added in 1911. The facility became St Mary's Hospital in 1930 and joined the

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in 1948. The main block of the old workhouse was converted into flats and re-named "St Mary's House" in 1990. In May 2018 the trust announced plans to refurbish the buildings and turn the site into a health campus.

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