Cossham Memorial Hospital is a community hospital in the Kingswood

Kingswood, South Gloucestershire

Kingswood is an urban area in South Gloucestershire, England, bordering the City of Bristol to the west. It is located on both sides of the A420 road, which connects Bristol and Chippenham and which forms the high street through the principal retail zone...

 area of Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

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The services provided, by North Bristol Primary Care Trust at Cossham include outpatients and physiotherapy. South Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust Intermediate Care Team and Community Mental Health Teams are also based on the site.

The hospital was built in 1905-07 by Frederick Bligh Bond

Frederick Bligh Bond

Frederick Bligh Bond was an English architect, illustrator, archaeologist, and psychical researcher.-Early life:...

 in a Queen Anne style

Queen Anne Style architecture

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, as a memorial to the late Handel Cossham

Handel Cossham

Handel Cossham was a British colliery owner, lay preacher and Liberal politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1890.- Early life:...

, a former MP

Member of Parliament

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 and Mayor of Bath who died in 1890. Sited on Lodge Hill

Lodge Hill, Bristol

Lodge Hill is a hill and residential area of Bristol, England. It separates the large outer urban areas of Fishponds and Kingswood, and Cossham Memorial Hospital at its peak is the highest point in Bristol at 369 ft...

, the clock tower is the highest point in Bristol and can be seen for miles around.

It has been designated by English Heritage

English Heritage

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 as a grade II listed building.