20-495: Arrowe Park Hospital is a large, acute hospital, located on a 15-acre (6.1 ha) section of Arrowe Park , close to the village of Upton , Wirral , Merseyside . It is one of three hospitals managed by Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust , the others being Clatterbridge Hospital and Wirral Women and Children's Hospital , the latter of which is also based on the Arrowe Park site. Preliminary inspection by
40-465: A children's play area. A public house was built in 1994. Arrowe Brook flows along the western edge of the park, from south to north, alongside a path. The brook also incorporates Arrowe Park Lake. Arrowe Hall, a Grade II listed mansion built in the Elizabethan style , is within the park. The hall was sold by the local council in 1997 and now houses a private care centre. Arrowe Park Hospital
60-597: A trip through Belgium and France with Samuel Holme. During the trip he contracted cholera , but managed to recuperate. A building of his design, the Jacobethan Sailors' Home , opened in Liverpool in 1850. In 1860 he formed a partnership with the brothers George Ashdown Audsley and William Audsley of W. & G. Audsley . The partnership was terminated when the brothers opted to become independent in 1863. Cunningham retired and left Liverpool in
80-586: Is a large, acute hospital, located on a section of Arrowe Park, close to the village of Upton . It was built on 15-acre (6.1 ha) of parkland and officially opened by the Queen in 1982. It is one of three hospitals managed by Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust , The maternity and gynaecology wing was later opened by, and dedicated to, the Duchess of Westminster . John Cunningham (architect) John Cunningham (1799 – 2 October 1873)
100-560: Is buried in Warriston Cemetery close to his final home. The grave lies on the main west path on its east side at the transition between the upper and lower sections. His last project was finished posthumously by Campbell Douglas and James Sellars in 1875. In 1833 he married Agnes Usher (d.1896). His son, John Usher Cunningham, was born on 16 February 1839. Other sons included George Playfair Cunningham (1837-1867) and William Russell Cunningham (1835-1878). A number of
120-492: The Diamond Princess cruise liner were also scheduled to be quarantined at Arrowe Park Hospital. In November 2024, the trust announced a major incident at the hospital "for cyber security reasons", resulting in the cancellation of outpatient appointments. The attack was expected to result in delays in the provision of emergency medical care. Arrowe Park Arrowe Park is an area 6.5 km (4.0 mi) to
140-681: The Care Quality Commission rated the hospital as requiring improvement. Planning for Arrowe Park Hospital began in the 1960s, although building did not start until the late 1970s. The facility was built to replace Birkenhead General Hospital in Birkenhead, Highfield Maternity Hospital in Wallasey , Leasowe Hospital in Leasowe , St Catherine's Hospital in Birkenhead and Victoria Central Hospital in Wallasey . The hospital
160-721: The Marchmont Estate . In 1819, Cunningham was apprenticed to Thomas Brown , Edinburgh 's Superintendent of Works, and remained in that city for 10 years. In 1829 he designed Greenlaw Town Hall in the Greek Revival style , using money supplied by Sir William Purves-Hume-Campbell, 6th Baronet. In 1832/3 he is noted as living at 15 Buccleuch Place, a flat in the south side of Edinburgh . In 1833, he married Agnes Usher. That same year, his patron , Purves-Hume-Campbell, 6th Baronet, died, and Cunningham and his wife moved to New York , possibly to find work. However,
180-508: The Arrowe Brook Road area, to Thingwall Road East and Thingwall Road. The township was in the parish of Woodchurch and included the hamlet of Arrowe Park. The population was 96 in 1801, 105 in 1851 and 121 in 1901 but had been abolished by 1933. In 1807, Liverpool mayor, shipowner and slave trader John Shaw first bought Arrowe House Farm and subsequently more and more of the surrounding land. On his death in 1829 it came into
200-589: The climate there had a detrimental effect on his health, and he returned to Edinburgh in 1834. On his return he was commissioned to design the Castle Inn Hotel in Greenlaw, which was situated directly across from Greenlaw Town Hall. Later that year, he was invited to Liverpool by Samuel Holme, a politician and builder. In Liverpool Cunningham formed an informal partnership with Holme's brother Arthur Hill Holme , which lasted until 1840. During that time
220-440: The entrance to the grounds of Arrowe Park Hospital. Arrowe Country Park is a country park in the district that was opened in 1926. Arrowe Park Golf Club with an area of 150 acres (61 ha) is within the park and was opened in the 1930s, it consists of a clubhouse and an eighteen hole course . Elsewhere in the park itself, there is a pitch and putt course, footgolf , tennis courts , bowling greens , football pitches and
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#1732775504452240-402: The estate to Birkenhead Corporation in 1926. Ownership was transferred again on 1 April 1974 from Birkenhead Corporation to the nascent Metropolitan Borough of Wirral local authority. In 1929, the 3rd World Scout Jamboree was held at Arrowe Park, with over 50,000 scouts and 320,000 visitors. There was a monument in the park which commemorated this event. The monument has now been moved to
260-599: The ownership of his nephew, John Ralph Nicholson Shaw, who built Arrowe Hall in 1835 and had the grounds landscaped to form a country estate, with parkland, a lake and workers' cottages. Arrowe Hall may have been designed by John Cunningham , who certainly made additions. The Hall was extended on several occasions in the later 19th century. The property was handed down to Captain Otho Shaw, a world traveller and collector, who housed numerous items there. In 1908, Arrowe Hall and Park were acquired by Lord Leverhulme , who sold
280-680: The summer of 1873, returning to Edinburgh and settling in the Trinity district, in order to live closer to his family and friends. There, he began a design for the St Andrews Public Halls , assisted by Campbell Douglas and James Sellars . However, before the building could be completed, he died at Laverockbank Terrace in Trinity on 2 October 1873 at the age of 73. His obituary ran in The Builder on 18 October. He
300-679: The two men collaborated to design the Liverpool Lime Street railway station . Cunningham was elected as a fellow of the Geological Society of London on 6 February 1839. He had a lifelong interest in geology and fossils , traveling to see the fossil tracks at Storeton as well as being a regular contributor to the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society . In 1842, Cunningham took
320-633: The west of Birkenhead , within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral , Merseyside , England. It is situated on the Wirral Peninsula , adjacent to the Woodchurch housing estate and to the south of the large village of Upton . The location has two landmarks: Arrowe Park Hospital and Arrowe Country Park , along with a number of residences. Historically within the county of Cheshire , the estate upon which Arrowe Park now lies
340-511: Was a Scottish architect . He designed Lime Street railway station and the original Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool . Born in 1799 in the Scottish village of Leitholm , Berwickshire , he was the son of a builder to whom he was initially apprenticed. His talent came to the attention of Sir William Purves-Hume-Campbell, 6th Baronet . He designed his first building aged 17, a lodge for
360-459: Was founded by John Shaw. His great nephew John Ralph Shaw built Arrowe Hall. Arrowe Park Hospital is a large acute accident and emergency facility that was opened in 1982. The country park was opened in 1926 with a golf club added in the 1930s. Arrowe was a small village in the central part of the Wirral. The first recorded owner of the land was an Anglo Saxon chief called "Aescwulf". In 1240 it
380-560: Was officially opened by the Queen on 4 May 1982. In March 2011, following remodelling work at a cost of £11.5 million, the maternity and gynaecology unit was renamed Wirral Women and Children's Hospital . In January 2020, the hospital was designated the quarantine site for British nationals evacuated from China at the start the COVID-19 pandemic . The British nationals from Wuhan were all released from quarantine after 14 days and none became ill. British citizens who had been quarantined on
400-556: Was owned by Roger de Montalt, 1st Baron Montalt . There is reference to a watermill in Arrowe in 1347. From the mid 15th century until the 17th century Arrowe was owned by the Dutton family of Dutton, Cheshire , who were declared Lords of Arrowe. During the 18th century many farms sprung up around Arrowe. Arrowe Township was a block of land, east to west, between Arrowe Park Road and Limbo Lane and north to south, from Arrowe Brook Lane and
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