Sanatorium: Baguley Lodge Baguley

Mr J B Broadbent has been appointed architect for the new hospital for infectious diseases to be built at Baguley by the Withington District Council. [Manchester City News 16 July 1898 Page 5]

THE BAGULEY SANATORIUM - The hospital for the treatment of infectious diseases built for the Withington District Council has been the subject, of considerable discussion in the district. It. will be opened today by the Earl of Derby. The hospital is at Baguley, and it stands in a fine stretch of country scenery about 3.5 miles from Altrincham, a similar distance from Brooklands, and some 4.5 miles from Withington. The site of the hospital and the surrounding grounds are about twelve acres in extent and excellently adapted for a sanatorium, as they are some 155 feet above the sea level. Inside the main entrance is a porter's lodge, with a covered veranda for shelter. The lodge forms as it were part and parcel of the scheme of the main entrance. and is designed in a quaint fashion like the latest examples of the half-timber buildings of which there are many in Cheshire. Opposite to the lodge is the discharge ward. Besides dressing and bath rooms, a waiting-room has been built for friends of patients. The administration block or home contains the resident doctor's, matron's, and nurses' quarters and the committee room. The building is in the form of three arms of a Greek cross. There are rooms for 25 nurses, a sickroom, and cubicles for five maidservants. Recreation, dining, and writing rooms have been provided. and care has been taken to provide for the comfort of those who will have to live in the somewhat. isolated position of the hospital. There is a bicycle storehouse in the basement of this block, and on first floor level a large balcony where good view of the surrounding country can be obtained. No doubt during the summer months tea will be served here in preference to the dining-room. Immediately behind this block and connected with it by a glass covered roof is the kitchen and stores block. In this part of the building rooms have been provided for the servants. The accommodation in this and in the administration block is in considerably in excess of what is now actually required. To meet the necessities of a growing district like Withington, further beds for patients will have to be provided sooner or later, and it is considered that an addition of fifty patients might be made without an increase of the staff accommodation.  This undoubtedly appreciably increases the first cost, but it has been thought to be sound economy in the long run.

The main hospital road runs approximately east and west, and along this road there stand the pavilions. They are two pavilions for scarlet fever containing 50 beds, one pavilion for diphtheria, with 16 beds; one pavilion for enteric fever, with 20 beds; and one isolation block containing eight beds, making a total altogether of 100 beds. The scarlet-fever pavilions are at the westerly end of the site. They are two in number and two storeys high; they are entered from the end, and each floor contains one ward for twelve beds, one double-bedded ward, with offices. The enteric and diphtheria pavilions face each other, the entrances are centrally placed, with wards for male and female patients on either side of the entrance hall. The isolation wards are at some little distance from the others, and consist of two two-bedded and single-bedded wards and three separate kitchens. The floors of all the wards are terrazzo, a concrete formed of many-coloured marbles polished to a smooth and impervious surface. The walls are finished in Parian cement varnished, and the woodwork is enamelled ivory white. Delicate colours have been used to ensure bright and cheerful appearance for the wards. Heating and ventilation are obtained by ventilating hot-water radiators and ventilating stoves. All the angles in the walls and at, the ceilings and floors are rounded off, to prevent, the lodgement of dust, or disease germs. As the doors, ceilings, and walls are constructed of impervious materials, the whole of the wards can be periodically washed down with a hose pipe should this be thought desirable. The mortuary is at the easterly end of the hospital road, and there is a laundry block with a well-equipped laundry, besides an electricity generating station. The buildings generally are of a plain, substantial character. the architecture that has been permitted being after the style of Flemish Renaissance. Red Ruabon bricks have been used for all external walls. and terra-cotta instead of stone. The lighting throughout, will be by electricity. and all the blocks are in telephonic communication with each other. The roofs are covered with green slates. with the exception of the lodge and discharge ward, near to the main entrance, where brindled tiles are used. Extensive asphalted airing grounds have been laid out near the wards for the patients, and there are tennis and croquet lawns for the officers. The grounds are pleasant. and the incorporation with them of a portion of the orchard of an adjoining farmhouse will provide a retreat in the summer months which, it is thought, will be much appreciated by the nurses. Practically the whole of the surplus soil from the excavations has been tipped along the northerly boundary, forming a wide embankment. which will be planted with forest trees to form a screen and shelter from the cold winds.The water supply is obtained from the mains of the North Cheshire Water Company, and as there are no public sewers it has been necessary to treat the sewage by the septic tank process on land adjoining the site. The cost of the works has yet been correctly ascertained. The total expenditure was originally estimated at about £55,000 but it is thought that this sum is considerably in excess of what will be required. The architect is Mr. J. B. Broadbent, of Cooper-street, Manchester. [Manchester Guardian 4 October 1902 page 8]

SANATORIUM, BAGULEY, CHESHIRE - The hospital for the treatment of infectious diseases built for the Withington Urban District Council has been erected at Baguley. The site of the hospital and the surrounding grounds are about twelve acres in extent and some 155 feet above the sea level. Inside the main entrance is a porter’s lodge, with a covered verandah for shelter. Opposite to the lodge is the discharge ward. Besides dressing and bathrooms, a waiting-room has been built for friends of patients. The administration block or home contains the resident doctor’s, matron’s, and nurses’ quarters and the committee-room. The building i3 in the form of three arms of a Greek cross. There are rooms for twenty-five nurses, a sickroom, and cubicles for five maidservants. Recreation, dining, and writing rooms have been provided. There is a bicycle storehouse in the basement of this block, and on the first floor level a balcony. Immediately behind this block and connected with it by a glass-covered roof, is the kitchen and stores block. In this part of the building rooms have been provided for the servants. The accommodation in this and in the administration block is considerably in excess of what is now actually required. The main hospital road runs approximately east and west, and along this road there stand the pavilions. There are two pavilions for scarlet fever, containing fifty beds; one pavilion for diphtheria, with sixteen beds; one pavilion for enteric fever, with twenty beds; and one isolation block containing eight beds, making a total altogether of 100 beds. The scarlet-fever pavilions are at the westerly end of the site. They are two in number and two stories high; they are entered from the end, and each floor contains one ward for twelve beds, one double-bedded ward, with offices. The enteric and diphtheria pavilions face each other, the entrances are centrally placed, with wards for male and female patients on either side of the entrance hall. The isolation wards are at some little distance from the others and consist of two two-bedded and four single-bedded wards and three separate kitchens. The floors of all the wards are of terrazzo. The walls are finished in Parian cement and varnished, and the woodwork is enamelled ivory white. Heating and ventilation are obtained by ventilating hot-water radiators and ventilating stoves. All the angles in the walls and at the ceilings and floors are rounded off. The mortuary is at the easterly end of the hospital road, and there is a laundry block with a laundry, besides an electricity-generating station. Red Ruabon bricks have been used for all external walls, and terra-cotta instead of stone. The lighting throughout will be by electricity, and all the blocks are in telephonic communication with each other. The roofs are covered with green slates, with the exception of the lodge and discharge ward, near to the main entrance, where brindled tiles are used. Extensive asphalted airing grounds have been laid out near the wards for the patients, and there are tennis and croquet lawns for the officers. The water-supply is obtained from the mains of the North Cheshire Water Company, and, as there are no public sewers, it has been necessary to treat the sewage by the septic tank process on land adjoining the site. The architect is Mr. J. B. Broadbent, of Manchester. [Builder 11 October 1902 page 327-328]

Reference    Manchester Guardian Saturday 28 January 1899 Page 3 (Contracts)
Reference     Builder 17 February 1898/9 page 256
Reference    Builder 11 March 1899 Page 264
Reference    Manchester City News 16 July 1898 Page 5 (Personal)
Reference    British Architect 10 October 1902 Page 268
Reference    Manchester Guardian 4 October 1902 page 8
Reference    Builder 11 October 1902 page 327-328