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This marvellously restored and refurbished hospital, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, is being transformed into a £40m health and wellbeing centre, it was revealed in the local news media last year. This fascinating location has also featured in several series of the famed BBC TV series, Dr Who, so unusual is its moody architecture.
The iconic hospital will be given a new lease of life within the walls of the original Victorian infirmary, which opened in 1883. Almost a third of the site has been demolished to once again reveal the grand stone walls of the original hospital.
Cardiff Royal Infirmary (CRI) opened in 1883 as the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Infirmary as a replacement to the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Infirmary and Dispensary, which had been housed elsewhere in Cardiff for almost 50 years.
The Marquess of Bute, responsible for many of Cardiff’s landmarks, gifted the land for the hospital, which originally contained 100 beds.
The chapel and Edwardian stone frontage, which will become the new main entrance, were added in the early part of the 20th century.
The CRI will be a one-stop shop for patients and provide a greater number of outpatient clinics for
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