Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Llanfrechfa Grange) is a medical facility providing assessment and treatment services for people with learning disabilities. It is located to the east of Cwmbran on the B4236 road towards Caerleon to the south-east. It is managed by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. The main building is a Grade II listed building.[1]
| Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Aneurin Bevan University Health Board | |
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  Shown in Torfaen | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Cwmbran, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°38′42″N 2°59′48″W / 51.64500°N 2.99667°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| Speciality | Learning disabilities |
| History | |
| Opened | 1953 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Wales |
History
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The site was previously occupied by Llanfrechfa Grange, a country house which was built for Charles Prothero in the middle of the 19th century.[2] It was "a large mansion in the Elizabethan style, pleasantly situated in a park of about 30 acres and overlooking the Valley".[3] It passed to Francis Johnstone Mitchell in 1860,[4] the Cleeve family in 1913, Sir John Cecil Davies in 1921, Elsie Louise Llewelyn in 1922 and to a property developer in 1933.[2]
In 1953, Llanfrechfa Grange started providing long term residential accommodation for people with learning disabilities.[5] In the early 1960s it had more than 500 beds, provided in a series of accommodation blocks called villas.[5] Although it still had more than 300 residents in 1983,[5] following the introduction of Care in the Community shortly thereafter, the hospital went into a period of decline and it finally closed to inpatients in 2008.[5] A Learning Disabilities Assessment and Treatment Unit was kept open at the site.[6]
In 2017 work to create and construct Grange University Hospital, a new specialist critical care centre, started on the site.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Llanfrechfa Grange". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ a b "The owners of Llanfrechfa Grange from 1848 to 2015". Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden Community. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire, 1901". Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 3 p. 287
- ^ a b c d "End of an era for Llanfrechfa Grange". South Wales Argus. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Learning Disabilities Assessment and Treatment Unit". Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Taking shape - Gwent's £350m hospital project". South WalesArgus. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.