It was designed by Alfred J. Wood using a compact arrow layout and was opened as the Newport Borough Asylum in January 1906. It became Newport County Borough Mental Hospital in 1919 and St. Cadoc's Emergency Hospital during the Second World War.
A psychiatric hospital with an arrow-shaped design by Alfred J. Wood was established in January 1906 as the Newport Borough Asylum. Its evolution over time reflects broader changes in mental health care, becoming Newport County Borough Mental Hospital in 1919 and playing a wartime role as St. Cadoc's Emergency Hospital.