The Lytham Cottage Hospital and Convalescent Home, which was instituted for the relief of the poor when suffering from sickness or accident, was funded by Colonel John Talbot Clifton, Squire of Lytham, at an original cost of £1,200 and opened in 1871.

[2] Benefactors included Elizabeth Layland, who in 1734 had left £60 for the poor or the education of children, enough to generate an annuity of over £2 each year for the cottage hospital.

[4] The hospital was completely rebuilt in the late 1920s when a time capsule containing contemporary artifacts was buried for future discovery.

[6] Following a consultation in 2006,[7] in patient services were transferred Blackpool Victoria Hospital, and apart from two wards which were retained (Ansdell and Talbot Wards),[8] the old the cottage hospital was completely demolished.

A new Lytham Primary Care Centre was erected in its place and opened in June 2009.