St Woolos Hospital

Saint Woolos Hospital is located in the Stow Hill area of Newport, Wales. It is managed by the Aneurin Bevan [University Health Board].

History

The site for the hospital was donated by Sir [Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet]. The hospital was designed by Thomas Henry Wyatt and was opened as the Newport [Poor Law Union|Newport Union] Workhouse and Infirmary in 1837. A new infirmary building was completed in 1869. The workhouse itself was rebuilt in 1903. In 1915 it was agreed that it be converted into a Military Hospital for wounded soldiers, and it came under the control of the 3rd Western General Military Hospital in Cardiff. It joined the National [Health Service] as St Woolos Hospital, named after Saint Gwynllyw, patron saint of Newport Cathedral, in 1948.