Cottage Hospital, Monmouth

[1] The proposed site, which had been previously occupied by the Monmouth County Gaol, was bought from the Duke of Beaufort for £250.

[2] The foundation stone was laid by Lord Llangattock, President of the Hospital Board, on 27 September 1902.

[3] The hospital was designed by Richard Creed, built by Collins and Geoffrey and furnished by George Edwards of Monmouth.

[2] The opening ceremony for the hospital was held on 6 November 1903 and started with a procession at 3pm from the earlier Dispensary in St James Square, led by the Monmouth Fire and Rescue Station and by Hamilton Traherne Baillie, Mayor of Monmouth.

[3] After services transferred to the Monnow Vale Integrated Health and Social Care Facility, the Cottage Hospital closed in 2006.

The New Cottage Hospital as photographed from the Cemetery in 1909