[1] The hall, which was initially converted for use as a residential home for boys with mental health difficulties, opened for patients in September 1897.

[1] A purpose-built asylum was designed by Henry Crisp, George Oatley and William Swinton Skinner using a Compact Arrow layout and opened as the Fifth Lancashire County Asylum in January 1902.

[2] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in March 1997.

[1][3] Apart from the Roman Catholic Chapel, all buildings have been demolished and the site redeveloped for residential use.

[1] A small facility known as Hollins Park Hospital, which opened in 1999, remains on the site: Hollins Park Hospital is also the headquarters for North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.