Banstead Hospital

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Banstead Hospital
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Banstead Hospital
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Location within Sutton
Geography
Location Belmont, Sutton, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°20′08″N0°11′23″W / 51.3355°N 0.1897°W / 51.3355; -0.1897
Organisation
Care system NHS England
Type Mental health
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency
History
Opened1877
Closed1986
Links
Lists Hospitals in England

Banstead Hospital, also known as Banstead Asylum, was a psychiatric hospital in the village of Belmont, Sutton, adjacent to Banstead.

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History

The hospital was commissioned by the Middlesex Court of Magistrates, as the Third Middlesex County Asylum. The hospital was designed by Frederick Hyde Pownall [1] and opened with accommodation for 1,700 patients in 1877. [2] Two more blocks were added in 1881, and in 1889 it came under the auspices of London County Council. [3] Spurs to two of the blocks, based on a design by George Thomas Hine, [4] were added in 1893. [2]

The facility became the Banstead Mental Hospital in 1918 [5] and, after a nurses' home was added in 1931, it became Banstead Hospital in 1937. [2] It joined the National Health Service in 1948. [2] In 1967 it split into the Downview Hospital, a facility for adult mental disorders, and the Freedown Hospital, a facility for tuberculosis treatment. [2] It closed in 1986 and was largely demolished in 1989. [2] The site is now occupied by HM Prison High Down. [2]

Notable patients

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Banstead Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. Sparkes, Roland (2009) Belmont: A Century Ago.
  4. "The asylum architects". Simon Cornwell. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  5. "The National Archives | Search the archives | Hospital Records| Details". www.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
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