Site Event/Activity record ECH6978 - Verdin Park - Research and Recording

Summary Victoria Infirmary, the town’s first brine baths and public park given to the town by Robert Verdin, MP and local salt magnate, to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee 1887. The Victoria Infirmary, considerably extended, continues to operate as a local hospital. The brine baths were demolished c1912 due to subsidence. Subsidence has also impacted the park and continues to affect the slopes to Castle Street. Principal remaining features Park Gates and gate piers, Grade II Statue of Robert Verdin by Joseph William Swynnerton Mature trees Infirmary Northwich Infirmary, Old Wing (formerly Winnington Bank House), Grade II Half timbered Lodge, Winnington Lane Large stone, an erratic?