Cefn Mably Hospital

Cefn Mably Hospital is the name of a hospital which was situated in the St Mellons region of Cardiff, South Wales, UK. A house of some sort stood there in the early twelfth century. It was largely rebuilt in the Tudor style in the sixteenth century; the east wing was subsequently rebuilt from 1688 in Georgian style. As a manor house, in 1893 it was described by the Cardiff Times as one of the finest and most historic country seats in Wales" . The building was leased by Lord Tredegar at very low cost to the local health authority as a tuberculosis sanatorium in the 1920s. At its opening in 1924 it held 112 patients. Subsequently it became a general hospital. When it closed down in 1983, the building, which was listed, became derelict . A fire raged through the building in 1994 : the remains of the building were eventually converted and luxury apartments were built on the site.