Description:View of Coton Hill Hospital taken from Cull Avenue, Stafford
Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The institution for the Insane of Staffordshire and the Adjacent Counties.
The hospital was built in a Tudor style on Weston Road, and features included its own chapel, cinema and dance hall, sports facilities, gardens, orchards for growing fruit and vegetables and farm.
The building remained until 1976 when, apart from the chapel, the lodges and a wing of the old hospital (pictured here), it was demolished and the new District General Hospital was built on the site. This remaining part of the building was used as student accommodation for the District hospital until it was demolished around 1990-91.