Farnham Road Hospital

Not to be confused with Farnham Hospital.

Farnham Road Hospital
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Entrance to Farnham Road Hospital in 2023
Shown in Surrey
Geography
Location	Guildford, England
Coordinates	51°14′07″N0°35′05″W / 51.235278°N 0.584607°W / 51.235278; -0.584607
Organisation
Care system	National Health Service
Helipads
Helipad	No
History
Opened	1863
Links
Website	www.sabp.nhs.uk
Lists	Hospitals in England

Farnham Road Hospital is a mental health hospital in Guildford, Surrey. It is managed by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The main building is a Grade II listed building. ^[1]

History

The foundation stone for the hospital was laid by Charles Richard Sumner, Bishop of Winchester, at a site donated by the Earl of Onslow in Farnham Road in Guildford in 1863. ^[2] The 60-bed hospital was designed by Edward Ward Lower drawing on the ideas of Florence Nightingale and was opened as the Royal Surrey County Hospital in April 1866. ^[3] The Royal Surrey County Hospital moved to its current site in Egerton Road in Guildford in 1979. ^[3]

The Farnham Road site was redeveloped between December 2013 and December 2015 to create a modern purpose-built mental health facility. ^[4]

References

1. Historic England. "Farnham Road Hospital (1029316)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
2. "Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford". National Archives. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
3. "Royal Surrey celebrates its 150th birthday" . Retrieved 14 September 2018.
4. "Demolition begins for old Farnham Road Hospital building". Get Surrey. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

External links

• Official site