Exminster Hospital

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Exminster Hospital
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Exminster Hospital, now known as Devington Park
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Geography
Location Exminster, Devon, England
Coordinates 50°40′57″N3°30′13″W / 50.6826°N 3.5035°W / 50.6826; -3.5035 Coordinates: 50°40′57″N3°30′13″W / 50.6826°N 3.5035°W / 50.6826; -3.5035
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type Specialist
Services
Emergency department N/A
Speciality Psychiatric Hospital
History
Opened1845
Closed1985
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Exminster Hospital is a former mental health facility at Exminster, Devon, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]

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History

The hospital, which was designed by Charles Fowler using a radial plan of the panopticon type, opened as the Devon County Lunatic Asylum in July 1845. [2] [3] It was used as military hospital during the First World War and then became known as Devon Mental Hospital in the 1920s. [4]

It was badly bombed during the Second World War [2] and joined the National Health Service as Exminster Hospital in 1948 before becoming known as Exe Vale Hospital (Exminster Branch) in the 1970s. [4] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in July 1985. [2] The main building was converted into apartments between 2001 and 2008 and is now known as Devington Park. [2]

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References

  1. Historic England. "Former Exe Vale Hospital (Grade II*) (1165495)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "A short history of Devington Park" . Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. "Exminster". County Asylums. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Exminster Hospital, Exminster". National Archives. Retrieved 12 April 2019.