Coney Hill Hospital
Coney Hill Hospital | |
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Shown in Gloucestershire | |
Geography | |
Location | Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England |
Coordinates | 51°50′55″N 2°12′20″W / 51.8486°N 2.2055°WCoordinates: 51°50′55″N 2°12′20″W / 51.8486°N 2.2055°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Emergency department | N/A |
Speciality | Psychiatric Hospital |
History | |
Opened | 1883 |
Closed | 1994 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
Coney Hill Hospital was a mental health facility in Gloucester, England.
History[]
The hospital site formed part of the Barnwood Mill Estate.[1] It was designed by John Giles & Gough and opened as the Second Gloucestershire County Asylum in 1883.[1] It was the first asylum to be built in true echelon plan.[2] Outer sections to the echelon were planned but never implemented.[1] After the First World War it became the Gloucestershire County Mental Hospital and it joined the National Health Service as Coney Hill Hospital in 1948.[3]
After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in December 1994.[1] The buildings, with the exception of the administration block, were demolished and the hospital site now forms part of the Abbeymead residential area.[4] The administration block was converted into apartments in 2007.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Coney Hill Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Richardson, Harriet (1999). English Hospitals, 1660-1948: A Survey of Their Architecture and Design. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments. p. 174. ISBN 978-1873592298.
- ^ "Coney Hill Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Coney Hill Hospital and Clock Tower" (PDF). Gloucester City Council. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Coney Hill Hospital". My Family History. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- Defunct hospitals in England
- Hospitals in Gloucestershire
- Hospital buildings completed in 1883
- Hospitals established in 1883
- 1883 establishments in England
- Former psychiatric hospitals in England