St George's Hospital, Stafford
St George's Hospital | |
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Shown in Staffordshire | |
Geography | |
Location | Stafford, England |
Coordinates | 52°48′42″N 2°06′57″W / 52.8117°N 2.1159°WCoordinates: 52°48′42″N 2°06′57″W / 52.8117°N 2.1159°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Speciality | Mental health |
History | |
Opened | 1818 |
Closed | 1995 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
St George's Hospital was a mental health facility in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. The main building survives and is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History[]
The hospital, which was designed by Joseph Potter using an early corridor layout, opened as the Stafford General Asylum in October 1818.[2] New buildings to the rear of the main structure were completed in 1850.[2] A new female block was added in 1879 and a similar male block was added in 1884.[2] The hospital became Stafford Mental Hospital in the 1920s and joined the National Health Service as St George's 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 1995.[2] Those buildings which were structurally sound were subsequently converted into apartments as St George's Mansions.[4][5][6]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Historic England. "St George's Hospital (1195385)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d "St George's Hospital, Stafford". County Asylums. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "St George's Hospital, Stafford". National Archives. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "St George's Mansions". Shropshire Homes. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Take a tour of abandoned Stafford asylum". Express and Star. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Abandoned hospital given luxurious lease of life". BDaily News. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- Hospitals in Staffordshire
- Defunct hospitals in England
- Hospital buildings completed in 1818
- Hospitals established in 1818
- 1818 establishments in England
- 1995 disestablishments in England
- Hospitals disestablished in 1995
- Former psychiatric hospitals in England