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 designed by Alfred J. Wood with an innovative arrow-shaped design was opened in January 1906 as the Newport Borough Asylum. It later became part of a broader mental health system, becoming Newport County Borough Mental Hospital in 1919 and taking on a wartime role as St. Cadoc's Emergency Hospital.