Shelton Hospital

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Shelton Hospital
Shelton Hospital entrance - geograph.org.uk - 1316806.jpg
Entrance to Shelton Hospital
Shelton Hospital is located in Shropshire
Shelton Hospital
Shown in Shropshire
Geography
LocationShelton, Shropshire, England
Coordinates52°42′43″N 2°48′05″W / 52.7120°N 2.8015°W / 52.7120; -2.8015Coordinates: 52°42′43″N 2°48′05″W / 52.7120°N 2.8015°W / 52.7120; -2.8015
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityMental health
History
Opened1845
Closed2012
Links
ListsHospitals in England

Shelton Hospital was a mental health facility in Shelton, Shropshire, England. The main building survives and it is a Grade II listed building.[1]

History[]

The hospital, which was designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt using a corridor layout, opened as the Shropshire and Wenlock Borough Lunatic Asylum in March 1845.[2] A major extension, involving five extra wards, was completed in 1884.[2] It became Salop Mental Hospital in 1921 and saw service as the Copthorne and Shelton Emergency Hospital during the Second World War.[3]

Shortly after reaching its peak population of 1,027 patients in 1947,[4] the facility joined the National Health Service as Shelton Hospital in 1948.[2] On 26 February 1968, tragedy struck the hospital when a fire ripped through a female ward, killing 21 patients.[5]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in September 2012.[2][6] The main buildings were subsequently converted into apartments as Leighton Park.[7] Meanwhile, a modern mental health facility known as the Redwoods Centre has been established a little south of the old hospital.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Historic England. "Shelton Hospital (1270532)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Shelton Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Shelton Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Shelton Hospital". The Time Chamber. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  5. ^ "1968: Hospital blaze kills 21 patients". BBC. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Shelton Hospital memories sought as former asylum shuts". BBC. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Leighton Park". Shropshire Homes. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Redwoods mental health centre opens in Shrewsbury". BBC. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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