[1] The original facility on the site was the Salop Infirmary designed by William Baker of Audlem and completed in 1745,[1][2] converting a mansion named Broom Hall which had been a local house of Corbet Kynaston.

[3] The infirmary was completely rebuilt to a design by Edward Haycock, with occasional inspections by Sir Robert Smirke, in the Greek Revival style[4] in 1830.

[1] An additional wing was completed in 1870 and it was renamed the Royal Salop Infirmary in 1914,[5] after a visit by King George V.[6] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.

[5] The hospital was closed, after structural difficulties were experienced, on 20 November 1977.

[7] After services transferred to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital by 1979, the Royal Salop Infirmary buildings were acquired by a developer who converted it into a shopping centre in the early 1980s.