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in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and provision for patients reduced from over 300 beds to just 16. Part of the building was subsequently converted for use as offices for
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The hospital, which was designed by Henry Smyth, was opened as the Down Lunatic Asylum in 1869. It was extended in 1883, 1895 and 1904. It became the Down Mental Hospital in the 1920s and joined the
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A Grand Old Lady. The Life And Times Of Downshire Hospital 1869-2011
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as Downshire Hospital in 1948. Following the introduction of
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South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

Downshire Hospital is located in Northern Ireland
Downpatrick
County Down
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54°19′22″N 5°41′41″W / 54.32267°N 5.69459°W / 54.32267; -5.69459
Type
Specialist
Psychiatric hospital
Irish
psychiatric hospital
Downpatrick
County Down
Northern Ireland
psychiatric intensive-care
National Health Service
Care in the Community
Down District Council
"Downshire Hospital"



"Downshire Hospital"
"Unannounced Follow Up Inspection Report 19 – 21 July 2017"
"Down District Council moves to new £11m home"
Categories
Hospitals in County Down
Hospitals established in 1869

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