The building has been in use since approximately 1903 (being officially opened 9 July 1903) as a convalescent home known as 'The Bealey Home'. It was donated, along with a considerable endowment for its running, by Mr Adam Crompton Bealey in memory of his parents.

It was his wish that the building should be used to provide health care for those sections of the community which needed it most. The running of the convalescent home hit snags after the First World War, however, when drastic changes in the value of money meant that it could no longer be run as before, it was offered to the District Council for £500, plus an additional £553 for the furnishings, and the income from the original endowment - about £700 - was used to send patients to the seaside for their convalescence.

On the 10th of March 1926, it was re-opened as the 'Bealey Maternity Home and Child Welfare Centre', and many of Radcliffe's citizens will have had a connection one way or the other with it's services.

The maternity home was officially opened by Dr Scarr, a prominent figure in local medicine, whose surgery was on Water Street. He was the chairman of the Radcliffe District Council's Health Committee. The Bealey Maternity Home had ten beds, with room for more if the demand was great. Each woman could be attended by her own doctor, with the matron, Miss Walker and her staff always at hand. Women requiring surgery would be treated at hospital, however. The buidling was considered to be pleasantly situated, even though it was surrounded by industry, with its own "picturesque gardens".

In February 1980, the last mother and baby left and the hospital was converted to become a community hospital.

Later, Bury Hospice was built in the grounds.