The facility was built as a private house known as Wrightington Hall, which was completed in 1748 and extended in 1860.

[1][2] In 1918 the building was acquired for £16,473 by Lancashire County Council, who converted it, for the cost of £129,520, into a hospital.

[3] After the hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948, it specialised in hip and orthopedic surgery and rheumatology.

"[6] A new orthopedic centre and theatre complex built for £18 million opened in December 2015.

[7][8] The trust secured planning permission for an additional 33,000 sq ft extension to the hospital in September 2018.