Meanings
nouncottage hospital (plural cottage hospitals)
plural cottage hospitals
- UKA small hospital, typically in a rural area.
Other listed health and welfare buildings at Swindon included the GWR Cottage Hospital (Grade 2 Listed), together with structures such as the (also Grade 2 Listed) railway cottages, school and lodging house, which create group value at the site.
2022 September 7, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway towns and a social revolution”, in RAIL, number 965, page 56
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