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Downe Hospital

Downe Hospital in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Entrance to Downe Hospital, Downpatrick - geograph.org.uk - 1467420

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Downe Hospital is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Downe Hospital is a local hospital in Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.

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Background

History

The hospital has its origins in the Down County Infirmary which opened in Saul Street in October 1767. It moved to the site of the old horse barracks in Barrack Lane, now Fountain Street, in 1774. A new infirmary was established at Pound Lane in 1834 but by the late 1970s it was already becoming apparent that it was incapable of further expansion. A modern hospital, which was designed by Scott Wilson Group and built on Ardglass Road at a cost of £64 million, opened in June 2009. After services transferred to the new hospital, the old infirmary on Pound Lane closed and was acquired by a developer in November 2014. The redevelopment of the former hospital site at Pound Lane began in May 2018.…

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Coordinates
54.3208, -5.6930
Address
Downpatrick, County Down
Established
1767

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Downe Hospital?
Downe Hospital is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.3208°, -5.6930°.
When was Downe Hospital built?
Downe Hospital dates to 1767.