Thomas Hope Hospital
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
Thomas Hope Hospital
Thomas Hope Hospital is located in Dumfries and Galloway
Thomas Hope Hospital
Shown in Dumfries and Galloway
Geography
LocationStrand Street, Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Coordinates55°09′03″N 3°00′00″W / 55.1507°N 2.9999°W / 55.1507; -2.9999
Organisation
Care systemNHS Scotland
TypeGeneral
History
Opened1897
Links
ListsHospitals in Scotland

Thomas Hope Hospital is a health facility in Strand Street, Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway.

History

The facility was financed by a large legacy from Thomas Hope, a retailing entrepreneur who had worked in the United States.[1] It was designed by John Henry Townsend Wodd in the Jacobean style and opened as the Thomas Hope Hospital for the Poor in 1897.[2] The design included an octagonal mortuary.[2] The hospital joined the National Health Service as the Thomas Hope Hospital in 1948.[3]

References

  1. ^ "The Will of Thomas Hope". Langholm Archive Group. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Thomas Hope Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Thomas Hope Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 8 February 2020.


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