The site originated as the Rugby Union Workhouse, which was opened just off Lower Hillmorton Road in 1819.

From 1948 the site was taken over by the newly-established National Health Service (NHS) and named St Luke's Hospital.

[1] St Luke's primarily functioned as an infirmary, though a nurses' training school opened there in 1951, and child development services were moved there in 1982.

The site of the hospital is now covered by housing, a general practice surgery, and an NHS clinic called the Orchard Centre.

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