St Tydfil's Hospital | |
Org/Group: | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board |
Location: | Merthyr Tydfil |
State: | Wales |
Country: | UK |
Healthcare: | NHS Wales |
Type: | Specialist |
Speciality: | Rehabilitation |
Founded: | 1853 |
Closed: | 2012 |
Map Type: | Wales Merthyr Tydfil |
Coordinates: | 51.7482°N -3.3761°W |
Saint Tydfil's Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Santes Tudful) was a rehabilitation hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It was managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. The entrance block, which is still standing, is a Grade II listed building.[1]
The hospital has its origins in the Merthyr Tydfil Union Workhouse and Infirmary which opened in September 1853.[2] An entrance block was completed in 1870[1] and a new hospital was opened to the north of the workhouse in 1899.[2] It became the Tydfil Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, it received a visit from the Queen Mother in 1987.[3] After patients had transferred to Ysbyty Cwm Cynon, it closed in 2012 and most of the workhouse buildings were demolished in 2015.[2]