st cadocs

History Opened up as Newport Borough Asylum St Cadocs was built to accommodate 350 people and had many of the Initial transfers from Pen-y-fan Hospital in Abergavenny (which was immediately converted after its 1997 closure) . The hospital closed as an asylum during the second world war treating...

Recently you might have seen my Whitchurch report. Well as promised, here's a roundup of all the Welsh asylums I did on these two trips with @KismetJ plus one in Bristol on the way back along the M4. They weren't all successes, others were the result of multiple visits and planning. This report...

St Cadocs Chapel I know many have done the hospital (not reported it myself) but tucked away in the corner & seemingly never reported is this rather nice chapel / church. TBH I know its rarely open as Iv been here several times myself & only cracked it on our last visit, Despite typically...

History There isn’t much history on this place, other than it was built in 1905 and known as Newport Borough Asylum until 1919 when it became Newport Borough Mental Hospital. During the Second World War, St Cadocs became an emergency hospital but soon thereafter returned to caring for the...

Thought i would jump on the tour bus with this one being as its quite close to me. Visited with @Lolly92 Some History Saint Cadoc's Hospital is located in Caerloen on the northern outskirts of the city of Newport. The building was designed by Alfred J. Wood FRIBA, London and named after...