Redruth Union Workhouse Asylum - Longreach and Barncoose Hospital

Built in 1838 the Union Workhouse Asylum was designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt who had designed many building throughout Cornwall. It was intended to accommodate 450 inmates with an expansion in 1897 with a new infirmary block for women being added. It then became part of Barncoose hospital that it linked to Cambourne and Redruth Community Hospital.

Longreach Main Build, Redruth

Longreach was added to the original build in 2003 to house people with mental illness and problems such as eating disorders. It has been closed this earlier year due to the building being unsafe leaving 26 patients in need of re-housing who were staying in Longreach. There is refurbishment work going due to the lack of fire-proofing in the roof of the hospital.

 

Original Workhouse Building, Longreach, Redruth