article_snippet.sent: Opened in 1818, George's County Asylum in Stafford once housed nearly 1,000 patients and expands over 350 metres in length overlooking the town of Stafford in the West Midlands.
article_snippet.sent: St George's County Asylum first opened in 1818 and once housed nearly 1,000 patients .
article_snippet.sent: listed St GeorgeCounty Asylum in Stafford .
article_snippet.sent: St George's County Asylum in Stafford was initially large enough for 120 patients but between 1879 and 1884 two extra wings were added.
article_snippet.sent: The hospital shut The hospital doors in 1995 and 145 long-term patients were re-located .
article_snippet.sent: St George's County Asylum, which was renamed St George’s Hospital in 1937, was built at a time when Pauper Asylums were being constructed nationwide.
article_snippet.sent: St George's County Asylum, which was renamed St George’s Hospital in 1937 was designed by Joseph Potter in the style of a Georgian mansion at a cost of £35,000.
article_snippet.sent: St George's County Asylum, which was renamed St George’s Hospital in 1937 was initially large enough to hold 120 patients but between 1879 and 1884 two extra wings were added.
article_snippet.sent: The lauded James Wilkes who was medical superintendent of St George's County Asylum in Stafford from 1841 - 1855 said this about conditions before The lauded James Wilkes who was medical superintendent of the asylum from 1841 - 1855 arrived at The lauded James Wilkes who was medical superintendent of the asylum from 1841 - 1855 post. '
article_snippet.sent: In need of a makeover: St George's County Asylum in Stafford is now set to be transformed into 102 apartments.
article_snippet.sent: St George's County Asylum, which was renamed St George’s Hospital in 1937, was built at a time when Pauper Asylums were being constructed nationwide.
article_snippet.sent: St George's County Asylum in Stafford looms over a site in Stafford in the West Midlands.
article_snippet.sent: Back in the day: Taken in 1992, this picture show what St George's County Asylum in Stafford looked like before falling into disrepair.
article_snippet.sent: St George's County Asylum in Stafford closed three years later in 1995 . '
article_snippet.sent: The hospital shut The hospital doors in 1995 and 145 long-term patients who still lived at St George's County Asylum in Stafford were re-located into the surrounding community.
article_snippet.sent: Having a look around: The derelict nature of St George's County Asylum in Stafford is clear from many of the rooms inside the 19th century structure .
highlights_snippet.sent: St George's County Asylum in Stafford was opened in 1818 and once housed nearly 1,000 patients .
  