Building Name

Oldham Infirmary

Date
1869 - 1870
District/Town
Oldham
County/Country
GMCA, England
Work
New Build

The block plan comprises an administrative building, three storeys high, and on each side are the patients’ wards, one storey high, these wards being connected with the administrative building by corridors. The basement storey, which is considerably elevated above the ground line, contains kitchen, scullery, laundry, two store-rooms, larder, washing cellar, and other conveniences. The first floor of the main building comprises and entrance hall in the centre, conducting to a corridor which extends right and left to the patients’ wards. There will be on this floor an accident room, with easy access; a dispensary, with surgery waiting and consulting rooms; also surgeons’ and matron’s rooms. On the second floor there will be eight bedrooms, with bathrooms, etc. Eight good bedrooms will also be provided in the attic. The patients’ wards have been carefully planned with a view of isolating them as much as possible. Each ward is to be 66 feet long by 24 feet wide, providing accommodation for 12 beds. The quantity of air in each will be 2,150 cubic feet. Great attention has been paid to ventilation. Provision will be made for the admission of fresh air and shafts will be constructed for the extraction of foul air. The tower will be used as an extraction shaft. The building will be built of brick, having stone dressings; and is designed in the Gothic style. The principal features of the front are the tower over the entrance, with slated roof, and the octagonal day rooms. The cost of erection will be about ,6,000, exclusive of fittings, etc. The architects are Messrs Woodhouse and Potts of Clegg Street, Oldham. [Manchester Guardian 23 April 1870 page 3]

Reference    Manchester Guardian Saturday 13 November 1869 Page 1 (Contracts)
Reference    Manchester Guardian 23 April 1870 page 3