Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Downshire Hospital
Downshire Hospital in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Downshire 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
The Downshire Hospital is a 16-bed psychiatric hospital at Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, for both psychiatric intensive-care patients and low secure rehabilitation.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The hospital, which was designed by Henry Smyth, was opened as the Down Lunatic Asylum in 1869. It was extended in 1883, 1895 and 1904. Part of the building was subsequently converted for use as offices for Down District Council who began operating there in October 2012.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.3227, -5.6946
- Established
- 1869
Sources
- wikidata: Q65043050 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Downshire Hospital (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Downshire Hospital?
- Downshire Hospital is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.3227°, -5.6946°.
- When was Downshire Hospital built?
- Downshire Hospital dates to 1869.