Carlisle City General Hospital | |
Map Type: | Cumbria |
Coordinates: | 54.8914°N -2.9224°W |
Location: | Fusehill Street, Carlisle |
Region: | Cumbria |
State: | England |
Healthcare: | NHS |
Founded: | 1863 |
Closed: | 1999 |
The Carlisle City General Hospital was a health facility in Fusehill Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
The facility has its origins in the Carlisle Union Workhouse which was designed by Henry Lockwood and William Mawson and was completed in 1863.[1] It became a military hospital at Easter 1917 during both the First World War and then served as a military hospital again during the Second World War.[2] It joined the National Health Service as the Carlisle City General Hospital in 1948.[3] After services transferred to the new Cumberland Infirmary, it closed in 1999.[4] It was subsequently converted to become St Martin's College and evolved to become the Carlisle campus of the University of Cumbria.[1]